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Health-Related Quality of Life after Intensive Care Unit Discharge: A Comparison between 2 Standard Antibiotic Regimens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mamoon A. Aldeyab ,
Mary P. Kearney ,
Michael G. Scott ,
Joanne Hanley  and
James C. McElnay
Mamoon A. Aldeyab
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mary P. Kearney
Affiliation:
United Hospitals Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Michael G. Scott
Affiliation:
United Hospitals Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joanne Hanley
Affiliation:
United Hospitals Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
James C. McElnay*
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
*
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK (j.mcelnay@qub.ac.uk)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 807 - 808
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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