We have started our 14 day data collection as part of the DetermInants of Antimicrobial use aNd de-escAlation in critical care (DIANA). This is a multi-centre, multi-national prospective observational study organised through the ESICM. Which aims to describe the emipirical antibiotic therapy for infections in critical care and to describe the rate of de-escalation and associated outcome.
We are very grateful to our current medical students on placement from St George’s, University of London for their help with data collection.