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Trial reportInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2011

Pharmacist interventions on antibiotic use in inpatients with respiratory tract infections in a Chinese hospital.

Jian Shen, Qingmin Sun, Xianmei Zhou, Yu Wei, Yongjian Qi, Jiping Zhu, Tingting Yan

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Clinical outcome of pharmacist-led prospective audit with intervention and feedback after expansion from patients using specific antibiotics to those using whole injectable antibiotics.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian ShenDepartment of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Qingmin Sun
Xianmei Zhou
Yu Wei
Yongjian Qi
Jiping Zhu
Tingting Yan
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the impact of pharmacist interventions on antibiotic use in inpatients with respiratory tract infections in a tertiary hospital in China.

methodTwo independent respiratory wards were randomized into control and intervention group. Between July 2009 and April 2010, all inpatients diagnosed with respiratory tract infections were enrolled. Pharmacist interventions were performed on the physicians in the intervention group. The total cost of hospitalization, cost of antibiotics, length of hospital stay and the scores of 6 items of inappropriate antibiotic use (including indication, choice, dosage, dosing schedule, duration and conversion) were analyzed.

resultsThe total costs of hospitalization in the intervention group were significant lower compared to the control group ($1442.3 ± 684.9 vs. $1729.6 ± 773.7, P < 0.001), as well as the cost of antibiotics ($832.0 ± 373.0 vs. $943.9 ± 412.0, P = 0.01), and the patients required shorter length of hospital stay (14.2 ± 6.2 vs. 15.8 ± 6.0 days, P = 0.03). The scores with respect to the 6 items of inappropriate antibiotic use were all lower in the intervention group than in the control group.

conclusionsPharmacist interventions, interacted directly with the physicians at ward level, could play an important role in optimizing antibiotic use, thus lead to the reduction in patients' length of hospital stay and health care cost.

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