Open AccessEmergency department visits during outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Nabin K. Shrestha,
So Lim Kim,
Susan J. Rehm,
Angela Everett,
Steven M. Gordon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky133
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , emergency medicine , hazard ratio , ambulatory , confidence interval , psychiatry
Patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) may require emergency department (ED) visits to manage complications. This study's purpose was to identify risk factors for ED visits during OPAT and risk factors for hospitalization among patients with ED visits.
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