Factors influencing ceftriaxone use in community-acquired pneumonia: Emergency doctors' perspectives

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 591-595

  Almatar, Maher Ali ^a   Peterson, Gregory M ^a   Thompson, Angus ^a   Zaidi, Syed Tabish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Ceftriaxone; Emergency department; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEONTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CEFTRIAXONE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84924510137     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12326     Document Type: Article

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