Effects of clinical pathways for common outpatient infections on antibiotic prescribing

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jenkins, Timothy C ^a,b   Irwin, Amy ^a   Coombs, Letoynia ^b   Dealleaume, Lauren ^a,b   Ross, Stephen E ^b   Rozwadowski, Jeanne ^a,b   Webster, Brian ^c   Dickinson, L Miriam ^b   Sabel, Allison L ^a,d   Mackenzie, Thomas D ^a,b   West, David R ^b   Price, Connie S ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Wilmington Health Associates   (United States)

^d Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Antibiotic prescribing; Antimicrobial stewardship; Clinical pathways; Guidelines; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN V;

ABSCESS; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANOSMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; CELLULITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; JAW PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN SWELLING; SNEEZING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SORE THROAT; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 84875179973     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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