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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions in Emergency Departments in the United States, 2016-2021

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing contributes to antimicrobial resistance, a global health threat. Prior studies have used ICD-9-CM codes to estimate inappropriate prescribing rates in ambulatory settings, including emergency departments ...
Joseph Ladines-Lim, Kao-Ping Chua
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Appropriateness of DOAC Prescribing Before and During Hospital Admission and Analysis of Determinants for Inappropriate Prescribing

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Background and Objectives: Appropriate dosing of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is required to avoid under- and overdosing that may precipitate strokes or thromboembolic events and bleedings, respectively.
Souad Moudallel, Stephane Steurbaut, Pieter Cornu, Alain Dupont   +3 more
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Systematic review of the safety of medication use in inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [PDF]

, 2018
Background Errors in medication use are a patient safety concern globally, with different regions reporting differing error rates, causes of errors and proposed solutions.
Abu Yassin, Abushaiqa, Ackroyd-Stolarz, Al Anany, Al Anazi, Al Hamid, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Al Odhayani, Al Rahbi, Al Shahaibi, Al-Arifi, Al-Arifi, Al-Dhawailie, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hussein, Al-Jazairi, Al-Jeraisy, Al-Khani, Al-Olah, Al-Omar, Al-Rashdi, Al-Rowibah, Al-Tajir, Alakhali, Alanazi, Albarrak, Alghamdy, Aljadhey, Aljadhey, Aljadhey, Aljamal, Allan, Almazrou, Alshaikh, Alsulaimi, Altebenaui, American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel, Arabi, Aseeri, ASHP, Bates, Bryony Dean Franklin, Cohen, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dibbi, Elnour, Ferner, Fick, Flynn, Flynn, Gandhi, Ghaleb, Ghaleb, Hemida, Hepler, Hisham Saad Aljadhey, Hooper, Insley, Irshaid, Jamilah Alsaidan, Jane Portlock, Jha, Jha, Kaushal, Kheir, Khoja, Landis, Lisby, Mahmoud, McLeod, McPhillips, Mendonca, Miller, Mitwally, Morimoto, Morimoto, Nada Atef Shebl, Naranjo, Nebeker, Neville, Rancourt, Rashed, Rashed, Rehmani, Sadat-Ali, Shaughnessy, Sonallah, WHO, World Bank   +95 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalized patients with comparative study between prescription by internits and geriatricians [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2014
: Objectives: To analyze potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalized patients and compare the prescription by internists and geriatricians. Methods: Cross-sectional study in hospitalized patients older than 65 years.
A. J. Pardo-Cabello, S. Bermudo-Conde, V. Manzano-Gamero   +2 more
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Evaluation of Potentially Inappropriate Drug Use in Older Adult Outpatients Using the Turkish Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly Criteria in Kütahya Province, Turkey

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2023
Introduction:The population aged 65 years and older has the highest rates of drug use and is more sensitive to drug effects. Appropriate medication use among older adults is associated with poor clinical outcomes.
Ertaç Berker, Türkan Paşalı Kilit, Filiz Özyiğit   +2 more
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Outpatient antibiotic prescription trends in the United States: A national cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVETo characterize trends in outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United StatesDESIGNRetrospective ecological and temporal trend study evaluating outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from 2013 to 2015SETTINGNational administrative claims data ...
Durkin, Michael J, Fraser, Victoria J, Henderson, Rochelle R, Hsueh, Kevin, Jafarzadeh, S. Reza, Munshi, Kiraat D, Sallah, Ya Haddy   +6 more
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Tackling potentially inappropriate prescriptions in older adults: development of deprescribing criteria by consensus from experts in Colombia, Argentina, and Spain

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Potentially inappropriate medication use is prevalent among older adults in primary care, leading to increased morbidity, adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations, and mortality.
Roxana De las salas, Claudia Vaca-González, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Catalina Torres-Espinosa, Albert Figueras   +4 more
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Inappropriate dosing of direct oral anticoagulants: findings from a clinical vignette study and physician survey

Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 2023
Objective Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are first-line therapy for stroke prevention for 1.4 million atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in the UK. However, the rates of DOAC dosing below evidence-based recommendations are estimated between 9% and 22%.
Ahmet Fuat, Emmanuel Ako, David Hargroves, Douglas Holden, Amrit Caleyachetty, Matthew Carter, James Harris, Carol Roberts, Nnanyelu Nzeakor, Burcu Vardar, Helen Williams   +10 more
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The use of bloodstream infection mortality to measure the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions: assessing the evidence

Infectious Disease Reports, 2017
This review sets out to evaluate the current evidence on the impact of inappropriate therapy on bloodstream infections (BSI) and associated mortality. Based on the premise that better prescribing practices should result in better patient outcomes, BSI ...
Sonali Coulter, Jason A. Roberts, Krispin Hajkowicz, Kate Halton   +3 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship in rural and remote primary health care: a narrative review

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging problem worldwide and poses a significant threat to human health. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are being implemented in health systems globally, primarily in hospitals, to address the growing ...
Jun Wern Yau, Sze Mun Thor, Danny Tsai, Tobias Speare, Chris Rissel   +4 more
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