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Care Plan for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000
This paper presents a critical pathway for the treatment of pneumonia that has been shown to be effective in a randomized clinical trial. The pathway uses a pneumonia-specific severity of illness score to guide the admission decision.
Thomas Marrie, The Community-Acquired Pneumonia Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Working Group   +1 more
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Care Plans for Native and Prosthetic Joint Septic Arthritis, and Acute Hematogenous and Chronic Osteomyelitis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000
The current paper presents care plans for the treatment of septic arthritis of native and prosthetic joints, as well as for acute hematogenous and chronic osteomyelitis.
Stephen D Shafran, The Septic Arthritis∕Osteomyelitis Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Working Group   +1 more
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Antibiotic (Mis)Use in COVID-19 Patients before and after Admission to a Tertiary Hospital in Serbia

, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global concern, and antibiotic use has risen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 75% of COVID-19 patients are treated with antibiotics despite little evidence for their use. A retrospective study from 6 March 2020 (
Goran Stevanović, Despotović, Aleksa, Cucanić, Teodora, Barać, Aleksandra, Aleksandra Barać, Ksenija Cucanić, Stevanović, Goran, Teodora Cucanić, Aleksa Despotović, Cucanić, Ksenija   +9 more
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Stemming the Rise of Antibiotic Use for Community-Acquired Acute Respiratory Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic

, 2022
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in the use of antibiotics for the treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infection (CA-ARI) in patients admitted for suspected or confirmed COVID-19, raising concerns for misuse ...
Hung, Kai Chee, Lai Wei Lee, Siew Yee Thien, Shena Y. C. Lim, Andrea L. H. Kwa, Narendran Koomanan, Lim, Shena Y. C., Chua, Nathalie Grace, Jia Le Lim, Nathalie Grace Chua, Yixin Liew, Shimin J. Chung, Winnie H. L. Lee, Lim, Jia Le, De Zhi Chin, Cherng, Benjamin P. Z., Chung, Shimin J., Chin, De Zhi, Koomanan, Narendran, Lee, Winnie H. L., Loo, Li Wen, Kai Chee Hung, Li Wen Loo, Kwa, Andrea L. H., Daphne Yii, Zhou, Yvonne P., Thien, Siew Yee, Yvonne P. Zhou, Yii, Daphne, Benjamin P. Z. Cherng, Lee, Lai Wei, Liew, Yixin   +31 more
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Identification of Intervention Opportunities through Assessment of the Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in Surgical Patients in a UK Hospital Using a National Audit Tool: A Single Centre Retrospective Audit

, 2022
Identifying opportunities to safely reduce antibiotic prescribing is necessary for prescribers and antibiotic stewardship teams to minimise unwarranted antibiotic use. We aimed to quantify excess antibiotic use in General Surgery.
Alberts, Barbara, Wade, Liam, Neil Powell, Kathleen B. Bamford, Hutton, Michael, Michael Hutton, Daniel John Hearsey, Coates, Henry, Bamford, Kathleen B., Hearsey, Daniel John, Elizabeth Ramsay, Powell, Neil, Liam Wade, Ramsay, Elizabeth, Henry Coates, Barbara Alberts   +15 more
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Rational Antibiotic Use: How Much Can Duration of Antibiotic Therapy Be Shortened?

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2018
Infectious diseases are conditions with significant consequences in terms of public health while associated mortality, morbidity, and complications can be prevented.
Gürdal YILMAZ, Serhat ATALAR, Uğur KOSTAKOĞLU   +2 more
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Antibiotic surveillance on a paediatric intensive care unit: easy attainable strategy at low costs and resources

BMC Pediatrics, 2012
Background Antibiotic surveillance is mandatory to optimise antibiotic therapy. Our objectives were to evaluate antibiotic use in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to implement a simple achievable intervention aimed at improving antibiotic ...
Stocker Martin, Ferrao Eduardo, Banya Winston, Cheong Jamie, Macrae Duncan, Furck Anke   +5 more
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Transitional Antibiotic Therapy

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995
With all the fiscal restraints in healthcare systems. it is crucial to develop methods to treat infections that are both clinically sound and cost-effective. Of the various options available.
Richard Quintiliani, Helen M Crowe, Charles Nightingale   +2 more
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Is there a need to widely prescribe antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background: Debate continues regarding the usefulness and benefits of wide prescription of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
F. Moretto, T. Sixt, H. Devilliers, M. Abdallahoui, I. Eberl, T. Rogier, M. Buisson, P. Chavanet, M. Duong, C. Esteve, S. Mahy, A. Salmon-Rousseau, F. Catherine, M. Blot, L. Piroth   +14 more
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Pan-European early switch/early discharge opportunities exist for hospitalised patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus complicated skin and soft-tissue infections [PDF]

, 2014
The objective was to document pan-European real-world treatment patterns and healthcare resource use and estimate opportunities for early switch (ES) from intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotics and early discharge (ED) in hospitalised patients with ...
Solem, C.T., Haider, S., Macahilig, C., D. Simoneau, W. Lawson, C. Macahilig, Li, J.Z., Stephens, J.M., J.Z. Li, C. Eckmann, S. Haider, R. Chambers, J.M. Stephens, Simoneau, D., Eckmann, C., D. Nathwani, Lawson, W., C.T. Solem, Nathwani, D., Chambers, R., Li, J. Z.   +20 more
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