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1908. Development of an Electronic Health Record Generated Alert for Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in the Setting of High-Dose Steroids

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection associated with high dose steroid use in non-HIV patients. Many patients on high dose steroids (>20 mg prednisone equivalents for 28 days or longer), developed PJP within a month of steroid use. This study aims to de...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Noopur, Gaskill, Eric, Sanders, Stephanie, Graves, Kencee, Benefield, Russell, ElHalta, David, Link, Nicholas C, Cariello, Paloma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253702/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1564