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Impact of altered mental status on antibiotic prescribing and outcomes in hospitalized patients presenting with pyuria.

Haley N BoerckelLacy J WordenLisa A SalvatiAndrew P JamesonLisa E Dumkow
Published in: Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA (2024)
Inappropriate antibiotic use is common among hospitalized patients presenting with AMS and pyuria; however, treatment of asymptomatic pyuria did not decrease rates of subsequent readmission for AMS or retreatment of symptomatic UTI. Patients who were monitored off antibiotics had higher rates of alternative AMS diagnosis.
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