ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017
Outcomes Associated With Antimicrobial De-escalation of Treatment for Pneumonia Within the Veterans Healthcare Administration.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Antibiotic De-Escalation in the Intensive Care Unit: Rationale and Potential Strategies.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Short and Concise Peer-to-Peer Teaching-Example of a Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention to Increase Iv to Po Conversion.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Assessment of Antibiotic De-escalation by Spectrum Score in Patients With Nosocomial Pneumonia: A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Desirability of Outcome Ranking for the Management of Antimicrobial Therapy (DOOR MAT) Reveals Improvements in the Treatment of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Patients from the Veterans Health Administration.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Impact of empirical oseltamivir discontinuation in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia after confirmed negative for influenza.Saudi medical journal · 2021Article
- De-escalation of Empiric Antibiotics Following Negative Cultures in Hospitalized Patients With Pneumonia: Rates and Outcomes.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program on outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to a tertiary community hospital.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2018Article
- Appropriateness of Antibiotics Use and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients at University of Gondar Specialized Hospital, Amhara, Ethiopia: Prospective Follow-up Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
De-escalation, an antimicrobial stewardship concept, involves narrowing broad-spectrum empiric antimicrobial therapy based on clinical data. Current health outcomes evidence is lacking to support de-escalation. Studying Veterans Healthcare Administration pneumonia patients, de-escalation was associated with improved length of stay without affecting 30-day readmission or 30-day
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