VM Vaughn, AL Hersh, ES Spivak - Clinical infectious diseases, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Though opportunities exist to improve antibiotic prescribing across the care spectrum, discharge from acute hospitalization is an increasingly recognized source of antibiotic …
MC Goebel, BW Trautner… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common indications for antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting. Given rising rates of antibiotic resistance among …
VM Vaughn, A Gupta, LA Petty, AN Malani… - JAMA Internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) often receive unnecessary antibiotic treatment, which increases antibiotic resistance and adverse events …
Importance Although prescribers face numerous patient-centered challenges during transitions of care (TOC) at hospital discharge, prolonged duration of antimicrobial therapy …
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications, and there is evidence to guide the optimal use of these agents for most situations encountered in clinical medicine …
VM Vaughn, SL Krein, AL Hersh… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite antibiotic stewardship programs existing in most acute care hospitals, there continues to be variation in appropriate antibiotic use. While existing research …
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause for hospitalization and antibiotic overuse. We aimed to improve antibiotic duration for CAP across 41 hospitals …
Q Shaikh, S Sarfaraz, A Rahim, A Hussain, S Behram… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach for promoting and monitoring responsible antimicrobial use globally. We conducted a prospective point prevalence survey …
HC Prescott, S Seelye, XQ Wang… - JAMA internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Some experts have cautioned that national and health system emphasis on rapid administration of antimicrobials for sepsis may increase overall antimicrobial use even …