Can an antimicrobial stewardship program reduce length of stay of immune-competent adult patients admitted to hospital with diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia? Study protocol for pragmatic controlled non-randomized clinical study

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is responsible for a large proportion of hospital admissions and antibiotic utilization. Physician adherence to evidence-based pneumonia management guidelines is poor. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are an effective intervention to mitigate against unwarranted variat...

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Autores principales: DiDiodato, Giulio, McArthur, Leslie, Beyene, Joseph, Smieja, Marek, Thabane, Lehana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26272324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0871-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26272324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0871-2

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