Open AccessImproving empirical antibiotic treatment using TREAT, a computerized decision support system: cluster randomized trial
Author(s) -
Mical Paul,
Steen Andreassen,
Evelina Tacconelli,
Anders D. Nielsen,
N. Almanasreh,
Uwe Frank,
Roberto Cauda,
Leonard Leibovici
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl372
Subject(s) - antibiotics , randomized controlled trial , medicine , intensive care medicine , antibacterial agent , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Appropriate antibiotic treatment decreases mortality, while superfluous treatment is associated with antibiotic resistance. We built a computerized decision support system for antibiotic treatment (TREAT) targeting these outcomes.
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