Antibiotic prescription for fever episodes in hospice patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 538-541

  Chen, Liang Kung ^a,c   Chou, Yu Ching ^a,c   Hsu, Pi Shan ^a,c   Tsai, Shih Tzu ^a,b,c   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,c   Wu, Bin Yuan ^a,c   Lin, Ming Huei ^a,c   Chen, Tzen Wen ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MUNICIPAL GAN DAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cancer; Fever; Hospices; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036933168     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0377-9     Document Type: Article

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