Surveillance of antibiotic consumption point prevalence survey 2014: Antimicrobial prescribing in pediatrics wards of 16 Iranian hospitals

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 204-209

  Fahimzad, Alireza ^a   Eydian, Zahra ^b   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Shiva, Farideh ^a   Sayyahfar, Shirin ^c   Kahbazi, Manijeh ^d   Rahbarimanesh, Aliakbar ^e   Sedighi, Iraj ^f   Arjmand, Reza ^g   Soleimani, Gholamreza ^h   Sanaei Dashti, Anahita ⁱ   Abdinia, Babak ^j   Mostafavi, Nasser ^k   Nikfar, Roya ^l   Abedini, Masomeh ^m   Rezaei, Mohammad Sadegh ⁿ   Mohammadpour, Ali ^o   Hashemian, Houman ^p   Hidari, Hossein ^q   Ghadiri, Keyghobad ^r   Entezari Heravi, Reza ^b   more..

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^k ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^l AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^m KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁿ MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^o BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^p GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^q QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^r KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

more..

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Empiric therapy; Point prevalence; Prophylaxis; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; DRUG USE; EMPIRICISM; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; IRAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960090439     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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