Antibiotics

Surgeons routinely prescribe prophylactic antibiotics following endoscopic sinus surgery. However, there is insufficient data to support this practice. In a recent study, researchers examined the impact of...

A recent study explored the link between the use of azithromycin and increased short-term cardiovascular-related and all-cause mortality risk.

While previous programs used to evaluate antibiotic use have depended on the presence of a documented indication within medical records, a lack of this information (which is not universally required) could...

New research has established a link between the use of a commonly prescribed class of antibiotics and the risk of two adverse cardiac events.

A new study assessed whether point-of-care testing reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions among patients with acute COPD.

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine conducted a scoping review including data from 31 studies reporting nonprescription use of antibiotics, storage of antibiotics, and factors influencing...

In a recent study, researchers sought to explore how the duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis affects postoperative outcomes

Researchers used a comprehensive classification scheme of ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes to assess recent trends in the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in the US.

As concerns over antibiotic-resistant bacteria persist in the Uni

Although drug combinations of 3 or more antibiotics are not traditionally used, researchers recently sought to examine the effectiveness of 18,278 two-, three-, four-, and five-antibiotic combinations ...