Adherence to recommendations by infectious disease consultants and its influence on outcomes of intravenous antibiotic-treated hospitalized patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fariñas, María Carmen ^a   Saravia, Gabriela ^a   Calvo Montes, Jorge ^a   Benito, Natividad ^b   Martínez Garde, Juan José ^a   Fariñas Alvarez, Concepción ^c   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^d   Agüero, Ramón ^a   Amado, José Antonio ^a   Martínez Martínez, Luis ^a,e   Gómez Fleitas, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SIERRALLANA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic intervention; Antibiotic management; Antibiotic use; Antimicrobial stewardship; Infectious diseases specialists

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870518414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-292     Document Type: Article

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