Enigmatic, but understandable: Empiric therapy

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 691-694

  Wick, Jeannette Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY INTERVENTION; EMPIRIC ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; EMPIRIC THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548011727     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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