Prompting physicians to address a daily checklist for antibiotics: Do we need a co-pilot in the ICU?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 448-452

  Weiss, Curtis H ^a   Wunderink, Richard G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Decision support; Implementation; Prompting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHECKLIST; CRITICAL CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84885019745     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328364d538     Document Type: Review

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