Antibiotic prescription and cost patterns in a general intensive care unit

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-73

  Krivoy, Norberto ^a   El Ahal, Wissam Abed ^a   Bar Lavie, Yaron ^b   Haddad, Salim ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Drug utilization; Hospitals; Israel

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

EID: 34548131590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552007000200003     Document Type: Article

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