Impartiality and infectious disease: Prioritizing individuals versus the collective in antibiotic prescription

Influence of an infectious disease service on antibiotic prescription behavior and selection of multiresistant pathogens.

BACKGROUND A routine infectious disease service was established in January 1998 in order to optimize the antibiotic usage and prescription pattern of a neurologic intensive care unit (NICU). METHODS Treatment guidelines for the most prevalent infections were implemented and individual antibiotic regimes were discussed at the bedside with infectious disease experts. RESULTS This interdiscipl...

antibiotic prescription and bacterial resistance

the comparative impact of prompts and recasts in processing instruction versus meaningful output-based instruction on efl learners’ writing accuracy

the purpose of the present study was to see which one of the two instruction-processing instruction (pi) and meaningful output based instruction (mobi) accompanied with prompt and recast- is more effective on efl learners’ writing accuracy. in order to homogenize the participants in term of language proficiency a preliminary english test (pet) was administrated between 74 intermediate students ...

Antibiotic Prescription in Respiratory Infections

The use of antibiotics in viral respiratory infections (common cold, acute rhinosinusitis and acute bronchitis) promotes the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria. Studies have found that antibiotics are prescribed for 50-70% of respiratory tract infections, despite the fact that most of them have a viral etiology. The objective of the study was to determine predictors of antibiotic use in...

the relationship between individual versus pair writing tasks and levels of fluency, complexity and accuracy in efl writing by iranian learners

پژوهش کنونی با هدف مطالعه رابطه بین نوشتار بصورت انفرادی و گروهی با میزان دقت، پیچیدگی و سلاست دانش آموزان زبان انگلیسی حین نگارش متون انجام شده است. بمنظور دستیابی به این هدف، دو گروه از دانش آموزان مقطع متوسطه موسسه زبان کیش انتخاب شده و سپس از آنها خواسته شد تا 6 متن را با 6 موضوع متفاوت و طی 6 جلسه به نگارش در آورند. تجزیه و تحلیل این پژوهش با هدف اندازه گیری میزان دقت، پیچیدگی و سلاست نوشت...