Impact of regular collaboration between infectious diseases and critical care practitioners on antimicrobial utilization and patient outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2099-2107

  Rimawi, Ramzy H ^a   Mazer, Mark A ^a   Siraj, Dawd S ^a   Gooch, Mike ^b   Cook, Paul P ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; antibiotics; antimicrobial stewardship; guidelines; infectious diseases; intensive care unit; medical education; medical fellowship training

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST CONTROL; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883653653     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828e9863     Document Type: Article

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