ArticleBMJ open2022
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in Germany: a prospective cohort study protocol.
Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04002453 (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy in the Metropolitan Area of Cologne), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy in the Metropolitan Area of Cologne
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Practice guidelines for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Germany.Infection · 2025Guideline
- Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Germany: insights and clinical outcomes from the K-APAT cohort study.Infection · 2024Observational
- [Outpatient parenteral anti-infective therapy (OPAT)].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Exploring patients' perspectives: a mixed methods study on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) experiences.BMC health services research · 2024Observational
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Abstract
introductionOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) means intravenous administration of antibiotics outside the hospital. The antibiotics are administered at the patient's home. The advantages are the shortening of the inpatient stay, which means that patients can remain in their familiar environment, the reduction of nosocomial infections as well as the reduction of hospital and therapy costs. Nevertheless, OPAT is rarely performed in Germany, despite its international application. Therefore, systematic data on OPAT are not available in Germany. The project objective is to investigate the medical care using OPAT under medical, epidemiological and economic aspects within the framework of the Cologne Network of Infectious Diseases. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Observational study with mixed-methods approach, qualitative analysis to identify physician-side factors to assess the attitude of general practitioners in Cologne with regard to possible implementation barriers of an OPAT. Longitudinal analysis of an OPAT patient cohort with respect to clinical and patient-relevant outcomes using descriptive and conclusive statistics. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Cologne, Germany (19-1284-1). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The results will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at one or more scientific conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04002453.
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