A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis for Febrile Children Who Have Cardiac Lesions and Undergo Urinary Catheterization in the Emergency Department

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1291-1296

  Caviness, A Chantal ^a,c   Cantor, Scott B ^b   Allen, Coburn H ^a   Ward, Mark A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Bacterial endocarditis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Fever; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CATHETERIZATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEVER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2342582152     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1291     Document Type: Article

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