Intermittent hemodialysis: a review of the top antimicrobial stewardship practices to be employed

• Egile Nagusiak: Nour Shamas (Egilea), Faryal Khamis (Egilea), Khalid Eljaaly (Egilea), Zaher Al Salmi (Egilea), Maher Al Bahrani (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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The vulnerability of patients on hemodialysis (HD) to infections is evident by their increased susceptibility to infections in general and to resistant organisms in particular. Unnecessary, inappropriate, or suboptimal antimicrobial prescribing is common in dialysis units. This underscores the need...