Impact of an Infectious Diseases Transitions Service on Outcomes in Patients Discharged on Parenteral Antibiotics Requiring Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Authors :: Shawn Binkley
Julianne Gardner
Valerie Cluzet
Keith W Hamilton
Steven Morgan
David A. Pegues
Jillian Dougherty
Daniel Timko
Source :: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015.
Abstract: Severity of Illness Score Minor 16 (2.6) 20 (3.4) Moderate 126 (20.5) 115 (19.3) Severe 231 (37.4) 173 (28.9) Extreme 197 (32.0) 98 (16.4) Unknown 46 (7.5) 191 (32.0) Site of Infection Bloodstream 116 (18.8) 116 (19.4) Cardiovascular 60 (9.7) 61 (10.2) Pulmonary 111 (18.0) 129 (21.6) Bone & Joint 73 (11.9) 106 (17.7) CNS 45 (7.3) 27 (4.5) Other 211 (34.3) 158 (26.6) Impact of an Infectious Diseases Transitions Service on Outcomes in Patients Discharged on Parenteral Antibiotics Requiring Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Subjects :: Service (business)
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Severity of illness
medicine
In patient
Intensive care medicine
business

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