Open AccessPrescribing at the coalface in the era of antimicrobial resistance
Author(s) -
Patrick Lillie,
Gavin Barlow
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0185
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic resistance , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , resistance (ecology) , antibiotics , medical emergency , risk analysis (engineering) , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , biology
Antimicrobial resistance is of increasing concern to patients, physicians and policy-makers alike. The challenge for the clinician at the coalface, however, is to avoid the undertreatment of seriously ill patients whilst minimising the evolution of antimicrobial resistance. Difficult decisions about the most appropriate antibiotic to prescribe can be supported by careful risk factor and prognostic assessment.