Appropriate antibiotic prescribing pattern in hospitalized children

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Arcavi, Lidia ^a   Okasha, Doaa ^b   Trepp, Suzi ^a   Nehemya, Moshe ^a   Kassis, Imad ^c,e   Haddad, Salim ^d   Krivoy, Norberto ^b,e  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Clinical Pharmacology Institute   (Israel)

^c Infectious Diseases Unit   (Israel)

^d MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic utilization; Paediatric admissions; Prescription point prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ISRAEL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954672150     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488610791698343     Document Type: Article

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