Ceftriaxone use in the emergency department: Are we doing it right?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-264

  Jain, Shabnam ^a   Sullivan, Kevin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Fever; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036677309     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200208000-00007     Document Type: Article

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