Long-term effect of computer-assisted decision support for antibiotic treatment in critically ill patients: A prospective 'before/after' cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Nachtigall, I ^a   Tafelski, S ^a   Deja, M ^a   Halle, E ^a   Grebe, M C ^a   Tamarkin, A ^a   Rothbart, A ^a   Uhrig, A ^a   Meyer, E ^a   Musial Bright, L ^a   Wernecke, K D ^a   Spies, C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920537727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005370     Document Type: Article

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