An antibiotic formulary for a tertiary care foot clinic: Admission avoidance using intramuscular antibiotics for borderline foot infections in people with diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-589

  Gooday, C ^a   Hallam, C ^a   Sieber, C ^a   Mtariswa, L ^a   Turner, J ^a   Schelenz, S ^a   Murchison, R ^a   Messenger, G ^a   Morrow, D ^a   Hutchinson, R ^a   Williams, H ^a   Dhatariya, K ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUMOXIL; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG FORMULARY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84876364277     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12074     Document Type: Article

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