Impact of a hospital-wide computerised approach to optimise the quality of antimicrobial prescriptions in patients with severe obesity: a quasi-experimental study

Abstract Background Rates of adherence to available recommendations for dose adjustments in patients with severe obesity are generally low. Hence, antimicrobials are often underdosed in these patients. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes can improve the use of antimicrobials in hospitalised patient...

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Published in:BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Stéphanie Sirard, Vincent Nault, Marie-France Langlois, Julie Perron, Louis Valiquette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Subjects:
Obesity
Antimicrobial
Prescription
Antimicrobial stewardship
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06682-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06682-8

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