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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Children
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2019Over recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of centres delivering paediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (pOPAT). Various factors have fuelled this drive, including the significant economic pressures faced by high-income countries to contain the cost of healthcare, resulting in a significant reduction of in-patient
Sanjay, Patel, Helen, Green
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy enables patients to receive intravenous antibiotics without having to be an inpatient. Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy can be delivered in an outpatient setting or in the patient's own home by a visiting nurse or the patient can be trained to self-administer antibiotic treatment.
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 2016Objectives Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is frequently used upon hospital discharge but often without infectious diseases (ID) or Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) oversight. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transition of care process for OPAT and identify the role of the ASP.
Karri A. Bauer +3 more
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OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY FOR OSTEOMYELITIS
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1998OPAT for osteomyelitis is effective, safe, and well-established. There are particular considerations with osteomyelitis, however, that relate to patient selection and the plans of therapy. Orthopedic infections may impose physical considerations that need to be considered.
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Safety of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Children
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2018Background and Objective: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) provides numerous benefits but may pose unique risks in children. We aimed to determine rates of OPAT antimicrobial- and intravenous access-related complications and their associations with specific antimicrobials and type of intravenous access in ...
Priyanka, Fernandes +5 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with ceftriaxone, a review
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2012More than 30 years since it was developed for clinical use, the third-generation cephalosporin ceftriaxone remains the most commonly used agent for outpatient parental antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Recent antimicrobial stewardship programmes have tended to restrict ceftriaxone use in hospitals to control antibiotic resistance and outbreaks of ...
Christopher J A, Duncan +2 more
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PATIENT SELECTION IN OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1998Outcome data as well as reported anecdotal experience over the past 20 years indicate that any infection can be safely treated with parenteral antimicrobials outside the hospital setting. However, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a reasonable option only when the final decision for patient selection is based on the judgment of a ...
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Selecting Antibacterials for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2003Some infectious diseases require management with parenteral therapy, although the patient may not need hospitalisation. Consequently, the administration of intravenous antimicrobials in a home or infusion clinic setting has now become commonplace. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is considered safe, therapeutically effective and ...
Richard S, Slavik, Peter J, Jewesson
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Osteoarticular Infections in Children
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2002There are few data on the use of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in the management of osteoarticular infections (OAIs) in childhood. The objective of this study was to determine if OPAT is safe and effective in the management of OAIs.
Nizar F, Maraqa +2 more
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[Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2023Bacterial endocarditis is associated with high morbidity and mortality and requires a long hospitalization due to long-term intravenous antimicrobial therapy. It is possible to partially treat selected and stable patients at home. We present 3 patients partially treated at home with intravenous antibiotics for proven complicated endocarditis. Patient A
Victor A W M, Umans +5 more
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