Interdisciplinary Team Pilot to Reduce Time to Administration of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center by DiVittorio MM, Fisher T, Steadman B, Cone B, Elfessi Z

“…Adults with suspected sepsis or possible septic shock should receive antimicrobials within 1 hour. Early administration of antibiotics to patients with sepsis has been shown to decrease in-hospital mortality. …”
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Emergency medicine pharmacists’ interventions in the tertiary hospitals’ emergency departments in Malaysia by Hock Peng Koh, Haliza Ab Jalal, Yee Ping Koo, Mary Siew Yng Chen, Manimegahlai Selvaratanam, Anaanthan Bhuvanendran Pillai, Wai Kit Wong, Xin Nee Guee, Sherene Su Ann Tan, Shirlyn Tan, Lih Jiuan Teh, Rosalind Guen Lin Sia

“…Inappropriate drug (n = 574, 34.6%), dose (n = 292, 17.6%), and frequency (n = 176, 10.6%) were the top three subcategory interventions documented under inappropriate regimens. Antimicrobials, antihypertensives, and proton pump inhibitors were the commonest drug intervened under the categories of inappropriate drug intervention. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions Associated with Fluoroquinolones and Other Antibiotics: A Retrospective Pharmacovigilance Study by Alshareef H, Alenzi KA, Albalawi BR, Alanazi RM, Albalawi NS, Alasoufi WS, Alqifari S, Ahmed R, Ali MAS

“…Hanan Alshareef,1 Khalidah A Alenzi,2 Budor R Albalawi,3 Rinas M Alanazi,3 Nawal S Albalawi,3 Wedad Saleem Alasoufi,3 Saleh Alqifari,1 Rehab Ahmed,4 Mostafa AS Ali1 1Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; 2Transformation and Business Development, Tabuk Health Cluster, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; 3Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; 4Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Biotechnology, Department of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Hanan Alshareef, Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Email halsharef@ut.edu.saBackground: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are among the most popular antimicrobials that are highly effective against various infections. …”
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Epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia among hospitalised children in Indonesia: a multicentre, prospective study by Rina Triasih, Yan Mardian, Dewi Lokida, Helmia Farida, Herman Kosasih, Adhella Menur Naysilla, Arif Budiman, Chakrawati Hayuningsih, Moh Syarofil Anam, Dwi Wastoro, Mujahidah Mujahidah, Setya Dipayana, Amalia Setyati, Abu Tholib Aman, Nurhayati Lukman, Muhammad Karyana, Ahnika Kline, Aaron Neal, Chuen-Yen Lau, Clifford Lane

“…Our study also highlights the importance of PCR for diagnosis and by extension, appropriate use of antimicrobials.Trail registration number NCT03366454…”
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Outcome and Management of Sepsis at RozhHalat Emergency Hospital in Erbil –Kurdistan region of Iraq by Samir Qader Ahmad, Shakawan Muhamad Ismaeel, Dara Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed, Halgurd Fathulla Ahmed

“…All patients received empirical antibiotic therapy however 46% of cases received the wrong antimicrobials. The survival rate was higher (44%) among patients given the right antibiotics. …”
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