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OPATs: OmnibusP-value association tests [PDF]

Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2017
Combining statistical significances (P-values) from a set of single-locus association tests in genome-wide association studies is a proof-of-principle method for identifying disease-associated genomic segments, functional genes and biological pathways.
Chen, Chia-Wei, Yang, Hsin-Chou
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Predictors of adverse safety events and unscheduled care among an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) patient cohort

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Select circumstances require outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). The potency of OPAT agents presents an increased risk of adverse events and unscheduled medical care. We analyzed these outcomes among OPAT recipients as part of
Kaylyn N. Billmeyer, Jennifer K. Ross, Elizabeth B. Hirsch, Michael D. Evans, Susan E. Kline, Alison L. Galdys   +5 more
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OPAT: outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy [PDF]

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Graphical Abstract.
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Palliative outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): A single center experience and systematic scoping review

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2022
Traditionally, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is used to treat infections with predictable course and anticipated response to therapy. However, there has been little consideration of OPAT for palliation as opposed to cure.
Oyewole Chris Durojaiye, Ihsan Jibril, Evangelos I Kritsotakis   +2 more
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Impact of a Pharmacist-Managed Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service on Cost Savings and Clinical Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is managed by a variety of teams, but primarily through an infectious disease clinic. At our medical center, OPAT monitoring is performed telephonically by pharmacists through a collaborative practice ...
Taylor M. Epperson, Kiya K. Bennett, Katherine K. Kupiec, Kathy Speigel, Stephen B. Neely, Beth H. Resman-Targoff, Karen K. Kinney, Bryan P. White   +7 more
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My patient needs home IV antibiotics–Now what? Assessing OPAT involvement at a Veterans’ Affairs hospital

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) involves the administration of intravenous antimicrobial therapy outside the hospital. The literature suggests that inpatient providers are often unaware of OPAT programs and may not engage ...
Maddy Breeden, Elizabeth Scruggs, Payal Patel, Sarah Krein, Ronald Kendall, Andrea Starnes, Tracy Lopus   +6 more
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An outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) map to identify risks associated with an OPAT service [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2008
Administering parenteral antibiotics outside the confines of a ward setting is becoming an attractive way of treating infections in the UK. However, as well as having many advantages, an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) service potentially introduces new risks to staff and patients involved. In the United States, healthcare organizations
Gilchrist, Mark, Franklin, Bryony Dean, Patel, Jignesh P   +2 more
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From sea to shining IV: the current state of OPAT in the United States

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
First described in the United States, outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) has become an indispensable part of treating serious infections. The proportion of infectious disease (ID) physicians utilizing a formal OPAT program has increased in ...
Jeffrey Larnard, Kyleen Swords, Dan Taupin, Simi Padival   +3 more
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Outcomes among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in a postdischarge outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy program at an academic medical center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
We compared patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy monitoring program (OPAT-MP) upon hospital discharge with patients not enrolled.
Deborah A. Theodore, E. Yoko Furuya, Eloise Austin, William G. Greendyke   +3 more
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Self-administered OPAT (S-OPAT) is a potential cost-effective equivalent option for uninsured patients requiring OPAT

Clinical Research In Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates, 2022
A clinical decision report using: Bhavan KP, Brown LS, Haley RW. Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2015;12(12): e1001922.
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