Antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals seek to optimize antimicrobial prescribing
in order to improve individual patient care as well as reduce hospital costs and slow the …

The current epidemic of bacterial resistance is attributed, in part, to the overuse of antibiotics.
Recent studies have documented increases in resistance with over-use of particular …

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CIPROFLOXACIN i POLK … Noyes M, Polk M: Norfloxacin and absorption of magnesium-alumrnum. …

… We observed a small effect size between discrimination and academics (r = -.10). We then
examined the relation between perceived race/ethnic discrimination and four distinct aspects …

… However, the correlation of total drug use by these 2 measures was relatively poor (r = .603).
In many hospitals, the total DDDs per 1000 patient-days was greater than the total DOTs …

… Noyes and R. Polk, Letter, Ann. Intern. Med., 109:168, 1988). … Calcium also decreases
the absorption of ciprofloxacin (R. Frost et al., Clin. Pharmacol. …

… aureus isolates that were MRSA (r = 0.77; P = .0003) and between total fluoroquinolone use
… Population density within the 16-km radius also correlated with MRSA percentage (r = 0.57; …

… Polk. Please address requests for reprints to Dr. Ron E… Polk et 01. … Healy DP, Polk RE,
Garson ML, Rock IJf, Comstock TJ. Comparison of steady-state pharmacokinetics of two dosage …

Many hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs restrict the availability of selected drugs
by requiring prior approval. Carbapenems may be among the restricted drugs, but it is …

The response of several common organic scintillators to electrons, protons and deuterons
has been measured using a photomultiplier tube with S-11 spectral sensitivity. The Compton …