Time to first antibiotic dose for patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 410-413

  Yahav, Dafna ^a,b   Leibovici, Leonard ^a,b   Goldberg, Elad ^a,b   Bishara, Jihad ^a,b   Paul, Mical ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Pneumonia; Time to antibiotic treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TIME TO FIRST ANTIBIOTIC DOSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876283255     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.01.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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