Pharmacoepidemiology

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Cesarean Section in Russian Hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2006; 8(1):48-53
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis is known to be the most effective means of preventing postoperative infectious complications. Current guidelines recommend to use cefazolin, cefuroxime or amoxicillin/clavulanate as the drugs of choice for …

Perioperative Use of Antimicrobials in Gynecology: Results of Pharmacoepidemiological Study

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2003; 5(3):285-292
The aim of study was to identify patterns of perioperative use of antimicrobials in patients undergo, ing hysterectomy and to study surgical site infection (SSI) rates in this category of patients. The medical records of 600 women who underwent …

Treatment of Sepsis in Intensive Care Units – Pharmacoepidemiological Study

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2003; 5(2):144-152
This paper presents retrospective analysis of currently existing approaches to the medical treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock in patients from 7hospitals in 6 Russian cities. Two hundreds and eighty eight patients aged 16 to 75 years were …

Antiviral Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis B: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2002; 4(1):49-60
The objective of this study was to estimate the potential economic and clinical effects of treatment of chronic hepatitis B with lamivudine and a-interferon in the Russian military healthcare system based on computer-generated decision analysis …

Antimicrobials Prescription Pattern in Outpatient Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2000; 2(3):74-81
Case histories of outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who had not required hospitalization were randomly selected in seven regions of Russia for retrospective analysis. Diagnoses were classified according to the ICD-10; antimicrobials …