Characterization of Antibiotic Use, Documented Infection and Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Palliative Care Patients Admitted to a Private Hospital in Brazil: A Retrospective, Cohort Study

OBJECTIVES: Antibiotic use in palliative care patients is a frequent dilemma. The benefits of their use in terms of quality of end-of-life care or survival improvement are not clear and the potential harm and futility of this practice not well established. Our aim was to characterise the prevalence...

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Autores principales: Maciel, Mara Graziele, Fruitg, Mayra, Lawall, Rebeca Pissolati, Maciel, Alexandre Toledo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8655641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898948
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/IJPC_112_21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8655641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898948
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/IJPC_112_21

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