Pilot study of a web-based antibiotic decision management guide

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-467

  Bochicchio, Grant V ^a,b,c   Smit, Peter A ^b   Moore, Richard ^b   Bochicchio, Kelly ^a   Auwaerter, Paul ^b   Johnson, Steven B ^a   Scalea, Thomas ^a   Bartlett, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644818945     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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