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Defined daily doses of antimicrobials reflect antimicrobial prescriptions in ambulatory care [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2004
Data on actual antimicrobial prescriptions are rarely made available and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using the number of defined daily doses (DDDs) as a measurement unit for inter-country comparisons of antimicrobial use in outpatients.
Dominique L, Monnet, Sigvard, Mölstad, Otto, Cars   +2 more
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Disease severity adversely affects delivery of dialysis in acute renal failure [PDF]

, 2007
Background/Aims: Methods of intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) dose quantification in acute renal failure (ARF) are not well defined. This observational study was designed to evaluate the impact of disease activity on delivered single pool Kt/V-urea in ARF ...
Schiffl, Helmut
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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions in Pregnant Women in Małopolska Province

Antibiotics, 2020
Background: excessive and incorrect use of antibiotics is a common event that contributes to increased bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Based on the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) European Surveillance of Antimicrobial ...
Anna Różańska, Agnieszka Pac, Estera Jachowicz, Dorota Jaślan, Małgorzata Siewierska, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach   +5 more
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QUANTITATIV ANALYSIS AND PHARMACOECONOMICS OF ANTIBIOTIC USE IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (CAP) IN PKU MUHAMMADIYAH GAMPING

Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Praktis, 2021
Antibiotics are therapies used in cases of infection. Inappropriate use of antibiotics will cause the impact of resistance. Antibiotic use studies need to be done as a step to reduce this impact. The purpose of this study was to determine the practice of
Ayunda Putri Hadiningrat, Akrom -, Risdiana Irma   +2 more
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Prescribed Daily Dose (PDD), and the PDD to defined daily dose ratio of antipsychotics (n = 1116).

, 2016
Prescribed Daily Dose (PDD), and the PDD to defined daily dose ratio of antipsychotics (n = 1116).
Enrique Baca-García (3233724), Santiago Ovejero-García (3233739), Philippe Lenca (637322), Philippe Courtet (346309), Sara A. Brandt (3233742), Maria Luisa Barrigón (3233730), Raquel Álvarez-García (3233727), Sofian Berrouiguet (3233736), Juan Jose Carballo (3233733)   +8 more
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Unit-wide antibiotic use shown as defined daily dose.

, 2013
Each number is shown to defined daily dose per 1000 patient days.CFPM, cefepime; MEPM, meropenem; PIPC/TAZ, piperacillin-tazobactam; CPFX, ciprofloxacin.
Koichi Akashi (168078), Shinji Shimoda (226964), Yong Chong (287224), Tomohiko Kamimura (287232), Hiroko Yakushiji (287226), Nobuyuki Shimono (287234), Yoshikiyo Ito (287228), Toshihiro Miyamoto (287230)   +7 more
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Postoperative irradiation for squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck: Retrospective comparison of accelerated radiochemotherapy and standard radiotherapy [PDF]

, 2000
Background: Comparison of accelerated radiochemotherapy (aRCT) and standard radiotherapy (sRT) in postoperative treatment after macroscopically complete resection of squamous cell cancers of head and neck.
Kiszel, Z., Busch, M., Kastenbauer, E., Panzer, Monika, Dühmke, Eckhart, Klaiber, R., Jund, R., Schaffer, Moshe, Winter, W.   +8 more
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Is the Defined Daily Dose system a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic dosages?

, 2008
The present study was carried out to establish whether the Defined Daily Doses (DDDs) system could be reliably applied to standardize antipsychotic dosages.
VERONESE, Antonio, TANSELLA, Michele, Leese M., NOSE', Michela, Schene A., Koeter M., Becker T., Thornicroft G., Angermeyer M., BARBUI, Corrado   +9 more
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The hidden magnitude of polypharmacy: using defined daily doses and maximum licensed daily doses to measure antipsychotic load

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2019
Background Antipsychotic polypharmacy ("polypharmacy") is the concurrent prescribing of more than one antipsychotic. It is widely practised, as reported in the literature, and is known to increase the risk of adverse outcomes for patients. Objective To quantify the prevalence and magnitude of polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia or ...
My Linh Nguyen, Bruce Sunderland, Stephen Lim, Laetitia Hattingh, Leanne Chalmers   +4 more
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Real-world pharmacological treatment of pregnant patients with rheumatic diseases from China: a retrospective analysis from 2016 to 2021

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Introduction: We investigated trends in the use of therapeutic drugs for pregnant patients with rheumatic diseases in nine Chinese cities (Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin, and Zhengzhou) to provide a reference ...
Ji-Ning Jia, Xian-Li Wang
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