Outpatient antibiotic use and assessment of antibiotic guidelines in Chinese children's hospitals

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 821-828

  Zhang, Wenshuang ^a   Shen, Xuzhuang ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Chen, Yuan ^c   Huang, Min ^d   Zeng, Qiyi ^e   Fan, Maohuai ^a   Bergman, Ulf ^f   Yang, Yonghong ^a,g  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Children; Defined Daily Doses; Intervention; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DRUG UTILIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 45849135597     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-008-0489-3     Document Type: Article

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