A Sustainable Strategy to Prevent Misuse of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections

Over 50% of antibiotics prescriptions are for outpatients with acute respiratory infections (ARI). Many of them are not needed and thus contribute both avoidable adverse events and pressures toward the development of bacterial resistance. Could a clinical decision support system (CDSS), interposed a...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 7; no. 12; p. e51147
Main Authors:	Rattinger, Gail B., Mullins, C. Daniel, Zuckerman, Ilene H., Onukwugha, Eberechukwu, Walker, Loreen D., Gundlapalli, Adi, Samore, Matthew, DeLisle, Sylvain
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 12.12.2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acute Disease Adult Aged Algorithms Ambulatory care Analysis Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics Automatic text analysis Azithromycin Bacteria Biology Bronchitis Care and treatment Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Decision support systems Drug resistance Drug use Drug Utilization Review Female Guidelines Health aspects Health care Humans Infections Intervention Male Medical diagnosis Medicine Middle Aged Order entry Patient satisfaction Patients Pharmacy Physicians Pneumonia Prescription writing Respiratory tract infection Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy Retrospective Studies Sinusitis Substance abuse treatment Sustainability Systematic review Teaching methods Veterans United States > US Maryland Utah Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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