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Impact of a hospital-wide computerised approach to optimise the quality of antimicrobial prescriptions in patients with severe obesity: a quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: Rates of adherence to available recommendations for dose adjustments in patients with severe obesity are generally low. Hence, antimicrobials are often underdosed in these patients. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes can improve the use of antimicrobials in hospitalised patients. The a...
Autores principales: | Sirard, Stéphanie, Nault, Vincent, Langlois, Marie-France, Perron, Julie, Valiquette, Louis |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8449866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34537005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06682-8 |
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