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Recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Brazil

A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to determine the recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Brazil. The following aspects are covered in the document: organization of OPAT programs; patient evaluation and e...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Priscila R., Carvalho, Vladimir C., Cimerman, Sergio, Lima, Ana Lucia Munhoz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28711455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2017.06.006
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description A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to determine the recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Brazil. The following aspects are covered in the document: organization of OPAT programs; patient evaluation and eligibility criteria, including clinical and sociocultural factors; diagnosis of eligibility; venous access and antimicrobial infusion devices; protocols for antimicrobial use and monitoring and cost-effectiveness.
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spelling pubmed-94255402022-08-31 Recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Brazil Oliveira, Priscila R. Carvalho, Vladimir C. Cimerman, Sergio Lima, Ana Lucia Munhoz Braz J Infect Dis Review Article A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to determine the recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Brazil. The following aspects are covered in the document: organization of OPAT programs; patient evaluation and eligibility criteria, including clinical and sociocultural factors; diagnosis of eligibility; venous access and antimicrobial infusion devices; protocols for antimicrobial use and monitoring and cost-effectiveness. Elsevier 2017-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9425540/ /pubmed/28711455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2017.06.006 Text en © 2017 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425540/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2017.06.006
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