What is empiric treatment?

Empiric therapy or empirical therapy is medical treatment or therapy based on experience and, more specifically, therapy begun on the basis of a clinical "educated guess" in the absence of complete or perfect information.

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By J Mettler · 2007 · Cited by 82 — The empirical antibiotic therapy was defined as the initial antibiotic regimen started within 24 hours of admission. The adjusted antibiotic

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