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Improving Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Treatment (IMPAACT)

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Department of Veterans Affairs

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00144040

First received: August 31, 2005

Last updated: April 18, 2013

Last verified: August 2007

History of Changes

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study Status:	This study has been completed.
Study Completion Date:	July 2007
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	No date given

Publications:

Metlay JP, Camargo CA Jr, Bos K, Gonzales R. Assessing the suitability of intervention sites for quality improvement studies in emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Jul;12(7):667-70.

Gonzales R, Camargo CA Jr, MacKenzie T, Kersey AS, Maselli J, Levin SK, McCulloch CE, Metlay JP; IMPAACT Trial Investigators. Antibiotic treatment of acute respiratory infections in acute care settings. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Mar;13(3):288-94.

Vanderweil SG, Pelletier AJ, Hamedani AG, Gonzales R, Metlay JP, Camargo CA Jr. Declining antibiotic prescriptions for upper respiratory infections, 1993-2004. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Apr;14(4):366-9. Epub 2007 Feb 12.

Metlay JP, Camargo CA Jr, Mackenzie T, McCulloch C, Maselli J, Levin SK, Kersey A, Gonzales R; IMPAACT Investigators*. Cluster-Randomized Trial to Improve Antibiotic Use for Adults With Acute Respiratory Infections Treated in Emergency Departments. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]

Aspinall SL, Metlay JP, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Impact of hospital formularies on fluoroquinolone prescribing in emergency departments. Am J Manag Care. 2007 May;13(5):241-8.

Nolt BR, Gonzales R, Maselli J, Aagaard E, Camargo CA Jr, Metlay JP. Vital-sign abnormalities as predictors of pneumonia in adults with acute cough illness. Am J Emerg Med. 2007 Jul;25(6):631-6.

Pines JM, Hollander JE, Lee H, Everett WW, Uscher-Pines L, Metlay JP. Emergency department operational changes in response to pay-for-performance and antibiotic timing in pneumonia. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Jun;14(6):545-8. Epub 2007 Apr 30.