Quantifying Antimicrobial Exposure: Hazards in Populations With End-Stage Renal Disease

Using a rigorously collected data set of antimicrobial use among patients receiving chronic hemodialysis, antimicrobial use was calculated using 3 different methodologies: daily defined dose, days of therapy, and start-stop days. Estimates of antimicrobial use varied by as much as 10-fold, depending...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-03, Vol.38 (3), p.360-363
Main Authors: Snyder, Graham M, McCoy, Christopher, D'Agata, Erika M C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage
Antimicrobial agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Boston
Drug administration
Drug Dosage Calculations
Drug dosages
Drug resistance
Hemodialysis
Humans
Kidney diseases
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Methods
Nursing
Patients
Proof of Concept Study
Renal Dialysis - adverse effects
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Summary:Using a rigorously collected data set of antimicrobial use among patients receiving chronic hemodialysis, antimicrobial use was calculated using 3 different methodologies: daily defined dose, days of therapy, and start-stop days. Estimates of antimicrobial use varied by as much as 10-fold, depending on the type of antimicrobial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:360-363.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2016.290