Is an observation period necessary after intravenous antibiotics are changed to oral administration?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-116

  Beumont, Maria ^a   Schuster, Mindy G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032984671     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00368-4     Document Type: Article

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