Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR) Clinical Outcomes Assessment in a Large Community Healthcare System

Outcomes research-standardized clinical assessment and management plans.

In the 4 years that we have published the journal Congenital Heart Disease, we have never had a special issue. I am happy to say that this first issue devoted to a single topic is indeed special. I have personally been so impressed by the work done at the Children’s Hospital of Boston under the leadership of Dr. Jim Lock that I felt we needed to devote an entire issue to that work. They have ut...

Clinical, Paraclinical, and Antimicrobial Resistance Features of Community-Acquired Acute Bacterial Meningitis at a Large Infectious Diseases Ward in Tehran, Iran

In this study demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis admitted to a referral center for infectious diseases in Iran, have been evaluated. Medical records of adult (> 18 years) individuals with confirmed diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during a 4-year period were retrospecti...

Clinical, Paraclinical, and Antimicrobial Resistance Features of Community-Acquired Acute Bacterial Meningitis at a Large Infectious Diseases Ward in Tehran, Iran

In this study demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis admitted to a referral center for infectious diseases in Iran, have been evaluated. Medical records of adult (> 18 years) individuals with confirmed diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during a 4-year period were retrospecti...

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...

Economic and Clinical Outcomes of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation at a Community Hospital Affiliated with a Regional Health System