75. Less is More: A Physician-Driven Quality Improvement Stewardship Initiative to Reduce Excessive Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Veterans Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: The IDSA and American Thoracic Society (IDSA/ATS) Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) guidelines recommend 5 days of therapy for clinically stable patients that defervesce, however, duration of therapy (DOT) is often longer. Pharmacists curb this via antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), but b...

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Autores principales: Monday, Lea M, Yazdanpanah, Omid, Sokolowski, Caleb, Sebastian, Joseph, Kuhn, Ryan, Kareem, Bazzy, Dhar, Sorabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776219/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.120

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776219/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.120

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