Impact of an intervention designed to improve the documentation of the reassessment of antibiotic therapies in an intensive care unit

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 546-552

  Pulcini, C ^a,b,c   Dellamonica, J ^a,b   Bernardin, G ^a,b   Molinari, N ^d   Sotto, A ^c,e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^e NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Audit; Quality indicator

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRENCH LANGUAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054041115     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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