“Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients” (2017), by Peter G Davey et al. Immunology and Microbiology research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. A free PDF is available.

Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

Peter G Davey, Charis Marwick, Claire Scott et al. · February 8, 2017 · Immunology and Microbiology

Abstract

Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 1 Dichotomous outcomes, increase in desired practice. . . . . . . . . . . .Analysis 1.2.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 2 Dichotomous outcomes, all RCTs with results of cluster RCTs adjusted by inflation factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Analysis 1.3.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 3 Dichotomous outcomes, low or medium 'Risk of bias' studies only. . . . . . .Analysis 1.4.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 4 Continuous outcomes, duration of all antibiotic treatment (days). . . . . . .Analysis 1.5.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 5 Continuous outcomes, duration of all antibiotic treatment with results of cluster RCTs adjusted by inflation factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Analysis 1.6.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 6 Continuous outcomes, low or medium 'Risk of bias' studies only. . . . . . . .Analysis 1.7.Comparison 1 Effectiveness: Prescribing outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 7 Continuous outcome, consumption of targeted antibiotic only, standardised mean reduction (original outcome cost, days or DDD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Analysis 2.1.Comparison 2 Adverse effects: Clinical outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 1 Mortality, all RCTs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Analysis 2.2.Comparison 2 Adverse effects: Clinical outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 2 Mortality, all RCTs with results of cluster RCTs adjusted by inflation factor. . . . . . .Analysis 2.3.Comparison 2 Adverse effects: Clinical outcomes from RCTs of interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, Outcome 3 Mortality, low or medium 'Risk of bias' RCTs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (Review)

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