Emergency department visits during outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a retrospective cohort study

ConclusionsCompared with patients without, patients with prior ED visit have a 2.3-fold higher hazard of an ED visit within 30  days of OPAT initiation. Visits for worsening infection are much more likely to result in hospitalization than those for vascular access complications.
Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research