Antibiotic Therapy in the Hospitalised Elderly
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[Antibiotic therapy frequency in hospitalised patients and associated risk factors].
OBJECTIVE Determining antimicrobial indication and frequency of use in hospitalised patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Date and place of work: May 1st to June 30th 2006, Colima, Mexico. An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out; it involved 400 patients from both sexes hospitalised in different second level hospital departments. The variables analysed were: age, gender and the departme...
متن کاملDuration of antibiotic therapy in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Recent guidelines suggest that duration of antibiotic therapy for hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be reduced by individualising treatment based on patient's clinical response. However, the degree of application of this principle in clinical practice is unknown. Duration of therapy was analysed in patients identified from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organiz...
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To cite: Rodrigo C, Mckeever TM, Woodhead M, et al. Thorax 2013;68: 493–495. ABSTRACT The benefits of β-lactam/macrolide combination therapy over β-lactam therapy alone for the treatment of hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in relation to pneumonia severity are uncertain. We studied 5240 adults hospitalised with CAP from 72 secondary care trusts across England and Wales. The overa...
متن کاملAuthors' response: single versus combination antibiotic therapy in adults hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia.
The benefits of β-lactam/macrolide combination therapy over β-lactam therapy alone for the treatment of hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in relation to pneumonia severity are uncertain. We studied 5240 adults hospitalised with CAP from 72 secondary care trusts across England and Wales. The overall 30-day inpatient (IP) death rate was 24.4%. Combination therapy was prescribed in 3...
متن کاملBarriers to an early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy in hospitalised patients with CAP.
Do physicians apply an early-switch strategy (from intravenous to oral antibiotics) in clinically stable patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)? If not, why not? In a multicentre prospective cohort study, adult patients admitted for i.v. CAP treatment were included. On day 3 of antibiotic treatment, clinical stability was assessed and treating resident physicians were int...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_1.p19-b