Outcomes Associated With Antimicrobial De-escalation of Treatment for Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia (HCAP) Within the Veterans Healthcare Administration
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Outcomes Associated With Antimicrobial De-escalation of Treatment for Pneumonia Within the Veterans Healthcare Administration
De-escalation, an antimicrobial stewardship concept, involves narrowing broad-spectrum empiric antimicrobial therapy based on clinical data. Current health outcomes evidence is lacking to support de-escalation. Studying Veterans Healthcare Administration pneumonia patients, de-escalation was associated with improved length of stay without affecting 30-day readmission or 30-day Clostridium diffi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.676