Earlier initiation of antibiotic treatment for severe infections after interventions to improve the organization and specific guidelines in the emergency department

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1317-1320

  Natsch, Stephanie ^a   Kullberg, Bart J ^a   Meis, Jacques F G M ^a   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYSIPELAS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034621650     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.9.1317     Document Type: Article

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