Comparing neonatal and paediatric antibiotic prescribing between hospitals: A new algorithm to help international benchmarking

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1278-1286

  Porta, Alessandro ^a   Hsia, Yingfen ^b   Doerholt, Katja ^c   Spyridis, Nikos ^d   Bielicki, Julia ^e   Menson, Esse ^f   Tsolia, Maria ^d   Esposito, Susanna ^a   Wong, Ian C K ^b,g   Sharland, Mike ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Defined daily dose; Neonates

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFTRIAXONE PLUS CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84859588305     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks021     Document Type: Article

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