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Empiric antibiotic, mechanical ventilation, and central venous catheter duration as potential factors mediating the effect of a checklist prompting intervention on mortality: an exploratory analysis

BACKGROUND: Checklists are clinical decision support tools that improve process of care and patient outcomes. We previously demonstrated that prompting critical care physicians to address issues on a daily rounding checklist that were being overlooked reduced utilization of empiric antibiotics and m...

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Autores principales: Weiss, Curtis H, Persell, Stephen D, Wunderink, Richard G, Baker, David W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22794349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-198