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Evaluation Outcomes Of Delirium And Abrupt Discontinuation Of Psychiatric Medications Of The Adult Acute Care Patient, Latoya Lee
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PURPOSE: Delirium remains a common consequence of critical illness and is known to cause negative patient outcomes during an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Hence, the purpose of this project is to evaluate the outcomes of patients taking psychiatric medications whose medications are abruptly discontinued upon admission to an ICU. Specifically, the outcomes of interest will be altered mental status, length of hospital stay, restraint use and mortality.
METHODS: A correlational analysis using a retrospective chart audit was conducted on 602 patients admitted to the Neurological/ Neurosurgical ICUs at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital from January 2015 to December …
Adult Acute Sinusitis Antimicrobial Stewardship Program In A Primary Care Setting, Katelyn M. Hellman
Adult Acute Sinusitis Antimicrobial Stewardship Program In A Primary Care Setting, Katelyn M. Hellman
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BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is a well-documented global health crisis (Centers for Disease Control, CDC, 2013). Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is the purposeful selection of the correct drug, dose, route and duration of antimicrobial treatment to decrease microbial resistance, adverse drug effects and cost while improving patient outcomes (Dellit et al., 2007; CDC, 2016). Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) are multidisciplinary programs designed to improve AS.
PURPOSE: To describe baseline prescribing patterns and evaluate the effect of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) for adult acute sinusitis on provider knowledge and antibiotic prescribing practice. among primary care providers in an internal medicine clinic …