Medication Burden for Patients With Bacterial Keratitis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To understand medication use and patient burden for treatment of bacterial keratitis (BK).

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted examining medical records of adult patients with BK in an academic cornea practice. Data collected included medications used in the treatment of BK, dosing of medications, and the number and total duration of clinical encounters. Costs of medications were estimated using the average wholesale pharmacy price. Linear regression analysis was used to investigate associations of medication use with patient demographics and corneal culture results and reported with beta estimates (β) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).

Results

Forty-eight patients with BK (56% female) were studied. Patients were treated for a median of 54 days wi

SUBMITTER: Ballouz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature