Cluster-Randomized Trial to Improve Antibiotic Use for Adults With Acute Respiratory Infections Treated in Emergency Departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c   MacKenzie, Thomas ^d   McCulloch, Charles ^e   Maselli, Judith ^e   Levin, Sara K ^e   Kersey, Ayanna ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research on Therapeutics   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547872804     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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