Publications by authors named "Evelyne Van den Broucke"
Article Synopsis
- The study developed dosing recommendations for antimicrobials tailored to obese and underweight patients in a hospital setting to improve antibiotic prescribing practices.
- A multi-step approach included assessing patient prevalence, conducting a literature review, and implementing clinical rules to identify and rectify potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs).
- Post-implementation data showed a significant reduction in residual PIPs, dropping from 75% to 0%, indicating the effectiveness of the new recommendations.
In 2020, EUCAST introduced breakpoints for temocillin. Based on these guidelines, reporting of temocillin susceptibility of in the context of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) implicates the use of a high dose of temocillin (2 g q8h) constantly. We aimed to evaluate the clinical outcome of patients treated with the standard dose (4 g/day) of temocillin in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (tOPAT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParenteral nutrition (PN) is recommended in patients nutritionally at risk and unable to receive oral or enteral nutrition. A standardized electronic PN order format could enhance appropriate PN prescribing. We developed the OLIVE TREE (Offering guidance and Learning to prescribers to Initiate PN using a Validated Electronic decision TREE), embedded in our electronic health record.
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