Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: Protocol of arandomized trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Loeb, Mark ^a,b   Brazil, Kevin ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a   McGeer, Allison ^c   Simor, Andrew ^c   Stevenson, Kurt ^d   Walter, Stephen ^a   Zoutman, Dick ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Regional Laboratory Program   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d QUALIS HEALTH   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34248367367     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-2-1     Document Type: Article

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