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Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Different Hospitals in Pakistan: Findings and Implications

Antibiotics, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced antimicrobial use in hospitals, raising concerns regarding increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through their overuse.
Z. Saleem, Abdul Haseeb, B. Godman, Narjis Batool, Ummara Altaf, U. Ahsan, F. Khan, Z. Mustafa, Muhammad Umer Nadeem, M. Farrukh, Muhammad Mugheera, I. Rehman, Asma Fareed Khan, Hamid Saeed, Mohammad Akbar Hossain, M. Raafat, R. Radwan, M. S. Iqbal   +17 more
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A Point Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Public Acute Care Hospitals in Crete, Greece

Antibiotics, 2022
Background: Both healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance are associated with an increased length of stay and hospital costs, while they have also been linked to high morbidity and mortality rates. In 2016 and 2017, the latest
P. Ioannou, E. Astrinaki, Efsevia Vitsaxaki, E. Bolikas, Despoina Christofaki, Apostolia Salvaraki, Eirini Lagoudaki, E. Ioannidou, Stamatis Karakonstantis, Stamatina Saplamidou, Christos Cleovoulou, E. Stamataki, S. Ilia, A. Messaritaki, Michaela Avdi, A. Chalkiadaki, Styliani Papathanasaki, Chrisanthi Markopoulou, Evagelia Magouli, M. Moustaki, Vasileia-Athina Kataxaki, Panagiotis Skevakis, N. Spernovasilis, Georgios Chamilos, D. Kofteridis   +24 more
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Antimicrobial Prescribing before and after the Implementation of a Carbapenem-Focused Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Greek Tertiary Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Antibiotics, 2022
Background: Irrational use of antimicrobials poses a significant risk for public health by aggravating antimicrobial resistance. The aim of this repeated point prevalence survey (PPS) was to evaluate the impact of a carbapenem-focused antimicrobial ...
Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Evangelos I. Kritsotakis, Anna Mathioudaki, Alexandra Vouidaski, Ioulia Markaki, Despoina Psaroudaki, Petros Ioannou, Diamantis P. Kofteridis   +7 more
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Concurrent partnerships in Cape Town, South Africa : race and sex differences in prevalence and duration of overlap [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Concurrent partnerships (CPs) have been suggested as a risk factor for transmitting HIV, but their impact on the epidemic depends upon how prevalent they are in populations, the average number of CPs an individual has and the length of time
Adimora, Ayles, Beauclair, Chopra, City of Cape Town, Coates, Cohen, Delva, Dolezal, Eaton, Eaton, Epstein, Fox, Gaydosh, Go, Goodreau, Helleringer, Helleringer, Hewett, Hollingsworth, Kabiru, Kenyon, Kenyon, Kenyon, Kenyon, Kenyon, Kissinger, Kretzschmar, Kwena, Lurie, MacQueen, Mah, Mah, Maher, Maughan-Brown, Maughan-Brown, Morris, Morris, Morris, Myer, Niel Hens, Phillips, Reniers, Reniers, Roxanne Beauclair, Sawers, Schwartlander, Tanser, UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates Modelling and Projections, Westercamp, Wim Delva, Xu   +51 more
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Pre-hospital management protocols and perceived difficulty in diagnosing acute heart failure [PDF]

, 2020
Aim To illustrate the pre-hospital management arsenals and protocols in different EMS units, and to estimate the perceived difficulty of diagnosing suspected acute heart failure (AHF) compared with other common pre-hospital conditions.
Banaszewski, Marek, Bot, Emilie, Braun, Fracnois, Celutkiene, Jelena, Chouihed, Tahar, Christ, Michael, Claessens, Yann-Erick, Claret, Pierre-Geraud, Collins, Sean P., Cone, David C., Desmettre, Thibaut, Di Somma, Salvatore, Dunne, Robert B., Dupriez, Florence, Dyani, Mohammed, Escalada, Xavier, Ezekowitz, Justin, Freund, Yonathan, Goldstein, Patrick, Goodloe, Jeffrey M., Gregor, Roman, Guss, David, Hachimi Idrissi, Saïd, Han, Lim Swee, Harjola, Pia, Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Harrell, Andrew J., Hazlitt, Melissa, Hong, Rick, Hoppu, Sanna, Iirola, Timo, Knapp, Joshua M., Korgvee, Ago, Kruse, Nanna, Kuisma, Markku, Kurola, Jouni, Lainscak, Mitja, Laribi, Said, Leach, Robert, Lubin, Jeffrey S., Luk, Jeffrey H., Lund, Vesa, MacNeal, James, Makela, Pekka, Mansour, Cherif, Martikainen, Matti, Martin, Javier, Martin-Sanchez, Francisco J., McKinney, Jared, Mercer, Mary P., Metra, Marco, Meyer, Isabelle, Mimoz, Olivier, Miro, Oscar, Moeckel, Martin, Mols, Pierre, Montassier, Emmanuel, Penaloza, Andrea, Portela, Roberto C., Pruett, Kim, Pumputiene, Vanda, Rekosz, Jerzy, Reuter, Paul-Georges, Ricard-Hibon, Agnes, Rognas, Leif, Rosenberg, Paul, Sandberg, Marten, Swanson, Doug, Tarvasmaki, Tuukka, Tazarourte, Karim, Thys, Frederic, Torronen, Kari, Vannuffelen, Marc, Vermylen, Olivier, Weisberg, Stacy N., Weiss, Dale, Wilen, Susanna, Yee, Allen   +77 more
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A point prevalence survey of antimicrobial utilisation patterns and quality indices amongst hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 2021
Objectives: Antimicrobial use is growing, driven mainly by rising demands in developing countries. Knowing how antimicrobials are prescribed is important.
P. Skosana, N. Schellack, B. Godman, A. Kurdi, M. Bennie, D. Kruger, J. Meyer   +6 more
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Increasing prevalence of asthma diagnosis and symptoms in children is confined to mild symptoms [PDF]

, 2001
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood asthma is increasing but few studies have investigated trends in asthma severity. We investigated trends in asthma diagnosis and symptom morbidity between an eight year time period in a paired prevalence study.
Billings, C., Das, C., Duggan, R., Ng Man Kwong, G., Powell, C.V.E., Primhak, R.A., Proctor, A., Whyte, M.K.B.   +7 more
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One Day in Denmark: Nationwide point-prevalence survey of human bacterial isolates and comparison of classical and whole-genome sequence-based species identification methods

PLoS ONE, 2022
Objectives Implementing whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technologies in clinical microbiology laboratories can increase the amount and quality of information available for healthcare practitioners.
A. R. Rebelo, T. Ibfelt, Valeria Bortolaia, P. Leekitcharoenphon, D. S. Hansen, H. Nielsen, S. Ellermann-Eriksen, M. Kemp, B. Røder, N. Frimodt-Møller, T. Søndergaard, J. Coia, C. Østergaard, M. Pedersen, H. Westh, F. Aarestrup   +15 more
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Comparative point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption between a hospital in Northern Ireland and a hospital in Jordan

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background To assess antimicrobial prescribing in a Northern Ireland hospital (Antrim Area Hospital (AAH)) and compare them with those of a hospital in Jordan (Specialty Hospital).
Feras Darwish Elhajji, Ghaith M. Al-Taani, Lana Anani, Sahar Al-Masri, Haneen Abdalaziz, Su’ad H. Qabba’h, Abdel Qader Al Bawab, Michael Scott, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens, Mamoon A. Aldeyab   +12 more
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Results from the Scottish national HAI prevalence survey [PDF]

, 2008
A national point prevalence survey was undertaken over the period of one calendar year in Scotland from October 2005 to October 2006. The prevalence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) was 9.5% in acute hospitals and 7.3% in non-acute hospitals. The
Allardice, G.M., Coubrough, S., Noone, A., Reilly, J., Robertson, C., Stewart, S., The Scottish Executive Health Department HAI Task Force (Funder), Walker, A.   +7 more
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