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Overprescription of antibiotics in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit
- Source :
- Avicenna Journal of Medicine, Avicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 03, Pp 107-110 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2019.
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Abstract
- Purpose: We aimed to assess factors associated with therapy failure in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Electronic charts of patients with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes of pneumonia who were admitted to the ICU at a tertiary academic medical center in Southern Arizona were reviewed. Results: Antipseudomonal coverage and anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) coverage were often prescribed (58.4% and 54.1%, respectively). Antipseudomonal coverage was rarely necessary as pseudomonal pneumonia was found in only one case (0.9%). Antipseudomonal and anti-MRSA coverage was not associated with improved outcomes. Conclusion: Overprescription of antibiotics in this population remains a significant problem. More work is needed to further limit unnecessary antibiotic use.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Population
outcomes
overuse
law.invention
Community-acquired pneumonia
law
respiratory infection
medicine
In patient
Intensive care medicine
education
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Antimicrobials
Brief Report
Respiratory infection
medicine.disease
Intensive care unit
Pneumonia
incentive care unit
Pseudomonal pneumonia
Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22494464 and 22310770
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Avicenna Journal of Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43a0a6887857686c8229dedc1a511390