Antibiotic prescribing trends in the emergency department for veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder 2002-2007

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 492-498

  Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,b,c   Rogers, Thea J ^a,b   Chin, Amy ^a,b   Johnson, Stuart ^d   Smith, Bridget ^a,b,d   Weaver, Frances M ^a,b,d   Burns, Stephen P ^b,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (SCI QUERI)   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing patterns; Antibiotic resistance; Clinical guidelines; Physician's practice patterns; Spinal cord injuries; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84883402801     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000076     Document Type: Article

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