Antibiotic prescription in a teaching hospital: a brief assessment
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Antibiotic prescription in a teaching hospital: a brief assessment.
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Objective: Antimicrobials are used interchangeably in medical practice, contributing to the emergence of resistant microbial strains. Methods: This study describes the antimicrobial audit performed by forecasting analysis of medical records of 846 patients at the Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Brazil. Results: Of the patients studied, 134 (15.8%) received antimicrobial...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (English Edition)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2255-4823
DOI: 10.1016/s2255-4823(11)70087-x