Antibiotic prescribing in medical intensive care units - A comparison between two private sector hospitals in Central India

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 302-309

  Sharma, Megha ^a,b   Damlin, Anna L ^b   Sharma, Ashish ^a   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^b  

^a Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical college   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Inpatients; Medical intensive care unit; Private sector hospitals; Teaching and non teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988215561     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2014.988747     Document Type: Article

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