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246. Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) Efforts to Reduce Antimicrobial Usage in Geriatric Patients without Affecting Outcomes

BACKGROUND: There is limited literature evaluating ASP outcomes in patients 65 years and older. The primary objective of this study was to show that ASP efforts to deescalate and/or discontinue antimicrobial therapy in older patients did not lead to an increased rate of 30-day hospital readmissions...

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Autores principales: Mauro, James, Kannangara, Saman, Tuma, Roman, Livert, David
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/PMC6254254/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.257