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Evaluating Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic for Pediatric Infectious Conditions: Insights From Alberta Children's Hospital. [PDF]
Can J Infect Dis Med MicrobiolBackground The Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic at the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) offers a vital service, enabling stable pediatric patients to receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy on an outpatient basis.
Alsharrah D, Jadavji T.
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Facilitating OPAT in rural areas
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 A sizable portion of the United States’ population lives in a rural setting. Coupled with a limited number of infectious diseases providers, this has created a need for innovative practice models to deliver outpatient antimicrobial therapy and clinical monitoring in rural settings.
Meera Mehta +3 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Objectives: To define outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) clinical pharmacy practice across the United States, specifically pharmacist functions, design of pharmacist involvement, and to compare pharmacist training of those who practice in
Christina G. Rivera +3 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Objective: To determine whether a structured OPAT program supervised by an infectious disease physician and led by an OPAT nurse decreased hospital readmission rates and OPAT-related complications and whether it affected clinical cure.
Gaurav Agnihotri +9 more
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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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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 +2 more
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OPAT: outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy [PDF]
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020 Graphical Abstract.
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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 +5 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 +3 more
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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 +6 more
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