A clinical decision support system improves antibiotic therapy for upper urinary tract infection in a randomized single-blinded study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Due to increasing bacterial resistance rates choosing a correct empiric antibiotic therapy is getting more and more complex. Often medical doctors use information tools to make the right treatment choice. METHODS:One hundred sixty six participants (77 medical doctors and 89 medical students) were asked to provide a diagnosis and antibiotic therapy in a simple fictive paper case of upper urinary tract infection (UTI) in a randomized single-blinded study. Participants were randomized to one of four information tools they were allowed to use in the study or control: 1. free internet access, 2. pharmaceutical pocket guide, 3. pocket guide antibiotic therapy, 4. clinical decision support system (CDSS), and control (no information tool). The CDSS was designed for the study. The adhere

SUBMITTER: Neugebauer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059328 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature