Clinical Use of a Prediction Rule to Guide Admission Policy in Community-Acquired Invasive Urinary Tract Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Authors :: Janneke E. Stalenhoef
C. van Nieuwkoop
Albert M Vollaard
Nathalie M Delfos
Ted Koster
J. W. Van't Wout
Eliane M. S. Leyten
W. E. Van Der Starre
Hans C. Ablij
J. T. Van Dissel
Source :: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015.
Abstract: A total of 370 patients were included, 237 in the control period and 133 in the intervention period. Use of PRACTICE significantly reduced the primary hospitalization rate (from 92%, in the control group to 72%, in the intervention group, p

Subjects :: Control period
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
business.industry
Urinary system
Intervention group
law.invention
Hospitalization rate
Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Randomized controlled trial
law
Internal medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Hospital admission
medicine
business
Intensive care treatment

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