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73. Improving Cephalosporin Utilization in the Emergency Department for Penicillin Allergic Patients

BACKGROUND: Penicillin (PCN) allergies impact acute-care antibiotic prescribing practices, limit the use of first-line antibiotic agents and are associated with poor patient outcomes. Cephalosporins (CPN) are inconsistently prescribed to patients reporting PCN allergies despite reported low allergy...

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Autores principales: Mattappallil, Arun, Chew, Debra, Magan, Alyssa M, Zaeem, Maryam, Scalgione, Jaclyn, Sackey, Joachim D
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/PMC7776675/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.118