ArticleAmerican journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists2018
Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program on outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to a tertiary community hospital.
Article in American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Evaluation of multifaceted interventions on antibiotic prescribing in community-acquired pneumonia.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- D-PRISM: a global survey-based study to assess diagnostic and treatment approaches in pneumonia managed in intensive care.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
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- An Implementation Roadmap for Establishing Remote Infectious Disease Specialist Support for Consultation and Antibiotic Stewardship in Resource-Limited Settings.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Review
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purposeResults of a study evaluating the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are reported.
methodsA retrospective records review was conducted at a 400-bed hospital to identify patients admitted over 3 years with CAP documented as a primary or secondary diagnosis. Clinical and medication-use outcomes during a 1-year baseline period and in the first and second years after ASP implementation (post-ASP years 1 and 2) were analyzed. A local CAP guideline was implemented around the beginning of post-ASP year 2.
resultsThe mean hospital length of stay declined from 7.24 days in the baseline period to 5.71 days in post-ASP year 1 (
conclusionASP implementation was associated with specific clinical benefits in patients with CAP, including decreased length of stay, decreased durations of antimicrobial therapy, and a shift in utilization to a primary regimen shown to produce superior clinical outcomes.
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