Investigating clinical practice in antibiotic therapy for acute community-acquired pneumonia;Méthode d'évaluation des pratiques professionnelles (EPP) au cours de l'antibiothérapie des pneumopathies aiguës communautaires

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Minchella, A ^a   Lechiche, C ^a   Poujol, H ^a   Molinari, N ^a   Sotto, A ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Investigating clinical practices; Medication appropriateness index

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77949278155     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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