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Antibiotic stewardship in hospital outpatient departments: a qualitative study of alignment with existing guidance [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Objective: This study examined antibiotic stewardship in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and alignment with CDC Core Elements for outpatient settings.
Salome O. Chitavi, Whitney R. Buckel, Michael Kohut, Barbara Braun, Rachel Zetts, David Hyun   +5 more
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Correlation of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents with perianal fistula healing in Crohn’s disease: a narrative review [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2021
With the overspread use of measurement of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (therapeutic drug monitoring, TDM), new therapeutic strategies have been used in the management of Crohn’s disease (CD).
Eron Fabio Miranda, Rodrigo Bremer Nones, Paulo Gustavo Kotze   +2 more
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Comparison of temperature readings using infrared thermometers at three different sites: tympanic, forehead and temporal

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2021
The aim of this study was to compare the body temperature measurements at tympanic, forehead and temporal sites using infrared thermometers. A total of 1576 consecutive visitors to Singapore General Hospital at two entry locations were included in this ...
Warren Weng Seng Fong, Shuan Khiag Yeo, Stephanie Man Chung Fook-Chong, Jie Kie Phang, Eugene Sim   +4 more
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) management in the community: how could primary care team contribute?

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease commonly encountered in primary care. This study aimed to audit COPD care at primary care clinics of Hong Kong and to work out improvement strategies.
X. R. Catherine Chen, S. H. Leung, Y. C. Li   +2 more
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Benefits, challenges and contributors to the introduction of new hospital-based outpatient clinic pharmacist positions

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Pharmacists working within interprofessional teams in the outpatient setting are well placed to address medication-related problems before and after hospital admission. Therefore, exploration of these roles is warranted.
Centaine L. Snoswell, Amelia R. Cossart, Bernadette Chevalier, Michael Barras   +3 more
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Potentially inappropriate medication prescribed to elderly outpatients at a general medicine unit [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2011
Objective: To establish the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications prescribed for elderly patients, to identify the most commonly involved drugs, and to investigate whether age, sex and number of medications were related with the ...
Christine Grützmann Faustino, Milton de Arruda Martins, Wilson Jacob-Filho   +2 more
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Effect of Educational Guidelines about Preventive Measures of Acute Gastroenteritis on Mothers' Knowledge and Reported Practices [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Background: Acute gastroenteritis is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. Objective: currentstudy aimed to evaluate the effect of application of educational guidelines about preventivemeasures of acute gastroenteritis on mothers' knowledge and ...
Doaa Abdelgawad Said, Gehan EL Nabawy Ahmed, Mohamed Zoromba, Boshra Attia Mohammed   +3 more
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The appropriateness of antimicrobial use in the outpatient clinics of three hospitals in the Netherlands

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Objectives Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs commonly have an in-hospital focus. Little is known about the quality of antimicrobial use in hospital outpatient clinics.
Annemieke K. van den Broek, Reinier M. van Hest, Kamilla D. Lettinga, Afra Jimmink, Fanny N. Lauw, Caroline E. Visser, Jan M. Prins   +6 more
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Hospital doctors’ and general practitioners’ perspectives of outpatient discharge processes in Australia: an interpretive approach

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Unnecessary delays in patient discharge from hospital outpatient clinics have direct consequences for timely access of new patients and the length of outpatient waiting times.
Edwin Kruys, Chiung-Jung (Jo) WU
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Prevalence and factors associated with missed hospital appointments: a retrospective review of multiple clinics at Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Missed hospital appointments pose a major challenge for healthcare systems. There is a lack of information about drivers of missed hospital appointments in non-Western countries and extent of variability between different types of clinics. The
Tjeerd Van Staa, Victoria Palin, Ahmed Alawadhi   +2 more
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