Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Inpatient Settings and Its Impact on 30-days Readmission and Mortality Rate

• Main Authors: Rafida Sofi Kamila, -, Maftuchah Rochmanti, -, Arief Bachtiar, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Institute of Medico-Legal Publishers 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/111372/1/Appropriate%20Antibiotic%20Use%20for%20Community-Acquired%20Pneumonia%20in%20Inpatient%20Settings%20and%20Its%20Impact%20on%2030-days%20Readmission%20and%20Mortality%20Rate.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111372/2/Appropriate%20Antibiotic%20Use.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111372/3/5.%20Acceptence%20Letter_Maftuchah%20with%20Rafida%20Sofi%20Kamila_IJFMT.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111372/4/Appropriate%20Antibiotic%20Use%20for%20Community-Acquired%20Pneumonia%20in%20Inpatient%20Settings%20and%20Its%20Impact%20on%2030-days%20Readmission%20and%20Mortality%20Rate.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/111372/; http://medicopublication.com/index.php/ijfmt/article/view/13817; https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13817
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is a lower respiratory tract infection with bacteria as the most frequent causative agent. Therapy for pneumonia includes appropriate antibiotic usage. Inappropriate antibiotic use supposedly increase 30-days readmission and mortality rate. Objective:...