Nicolas Baclet, Emmanuel Forestier, Gaëtan Gavazzi, Claire Roubaud-Baudron, Vincent Hiernard, Rozenn Hequette-Ruz, Serge Alfandari, Hugues Aumaître, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Pauline Caraux-Paz, Alexandre Charmillon, Sylvain Diamantis, Thibaut Fraisse, Pierre Gazeau, Maxime Hentzien, Jean-Philippe Lanoix, Marc Paccalin, Alain Putot, Yvon Ruch, Eric Senneville, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart
BACKGROUND: In geriatrics, explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) are useful for optimizing drug use. OBJECTIVE: To produce an expert consensus on explicit definitions of antibiotic-PIPs for hospitalized older patients. METHODS: We conducted a Delphi survey involving French experts on antibiotic stewardship in hospital settings. During the survey's rounds, the experts gave their opinion on each explicit definition, and could suggest new definitions...
March 20, 2024: Antibiotics