Antibiotic policies in Dutch hospitals for the treatment of patients with serious infection
In order to assess the guidelines available in Dutch hospitals for the treatment of patients with serious infection of unknown aetiology, 39 antibiotic formularies used in 88 hospitals were analyzed. The recommendations considered were those for the treatment of sepsis for which the source was not apparent or which originated in the urinary tract, respiratory tract or abdomen. β-Lactam antibiotics (most commonly amoxycillin and cefuroxime) were the preferred agents for empirical therapy of infections of all types; an aminoglycoside was also included in the majority of regimens, irrespective of... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1994 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Antimicrobial practice |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28992395 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/34/6/1059 |