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Long-Term Antibiotic Therapy Is Just As Effective As Amputation For Foot Osteomyelitis In Diabetics Without Peripheral Arterial Disease, Christopher Hopper
Long-Term Antibiotic Therapy Is Just As Effective As Amputation For Foot Osteomyelitis In Diabetics Without Peripheral Arterial Disease, Christopher Hopper
Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates
A critical appraisal and clinical application of Lázaro-Martínez JL, Aragón-Sánchez J, García-Morales E. Antibiotics versus conservative surgery for treating diabetic foot osteomyelitis: a randomized comparative trial. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(3):789-95. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1526.
Patient-Provider Race And Sex Concordance: New Insights Into Antibiotic Prescribing For Acute Bronchitis, Jake R. Morgan, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Cindy Christiansen, Tamar F. Barlam
Patient-Provider Race And Sex Concordance: New Insights Into Antibiotic Prescribing For Acute Bronchitis, Jake R. Morgan, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Cindy Christiansen, Tamar F. Barlam
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Objective: To examine whether patient and provider concordance by sex or race predicts antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis.
Study setting: General Internal Medicine and Family Medicine adult clinics at a large safety-net hospital.
Study design: We used a logistic model of prescribing as a function of race and sex concordance.
Data extraction: Data were extracted from de-identified patient records for those with an acute bronchitis visit between 2008 and 2010.
Principal findings: 71% (95% CI 68%-73%) of visits resulted in an antibiotic prescription. Patients in race-concordant visits were 17% (95% CI 8%-25%) less likely to receive …