Practice patterns for lower respiratory tract infections in hospital patients with particular focus on bacteriological examinations and injection antibiotics use

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 597-604

  Wada, Mikio ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^b   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^c   Satoh, Toshihiko ^d   Ikeda, Shunya ^e  

^a Fukuchiyama City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health insurance claims; Medical institution size; Treatment pattern; Variability

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 84880930562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S44190     Document Type: Article

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