Evaluating the dose, indication and agreement with guidelines of antimicrobial use in companion animal practice with natural language processing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As antimicrobial prescribers, veterinarians contribute to the emergence of MDR pathogens. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are an effective means of reducing the rate of development of antimicrobial resistance. A key component of antimicrobial stewardship programmes is selecting an appropriate antimicrobial agent for the presenting complaint and using an appropriate dose rate for an appropriate duration.

Objectives

To describe antimicrobial usage, including dose, for common indications for antimicrobial use in companion animal practice.

Methods

Natural language processing (NLP) techniques were applied to extract and analyse clinical records.

Results

A total of 343 668 records for dogs and 109 719 records for cats administered systemic antimicrobi

SUBMITTER: Hur B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8827557 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature