Comparing Oral and Intravenous Antibiotics

For many infections oral antibiotics can be as effective as intravenous drugs. Shorter durations of intravenous antibiotic therapy and switching ...

Comparing Oral and Intravenous Antibiotics - CHOP Research Institute

A study examining whether oral antibiotics are as effective at treating infection over an extended period as PICC lines.

Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotics for Bone and Joint Infection

Conclusions. Oral antibiotic therapy was noninferior to intravenous antibiotic therapy when used during the first 6 weeks for complex orthopedic ...

Oral versus intravenous antibiotic treatment of moderate-to-severe ...

We conclude that oral antibiotics might be a safe and effective treatment for moderate-to-severe CAP for selected patients based on the clinical judgement of ...

Comparison of Oral and Intravenous Definitive Antibiotic Therapy for ...

Beta-hemolytic streptococci are common causes of bloodstream infection (BSI). There is emerging data regarding oral antibiotics for BSI but ...

IV vs. PO: Which Antibiotics Are Better for Common ED Infections?

A Cochrane review of 25 studies including 2,588 patients comparing oral and IV antibiotics for uncomplicated cellulitis looking at “symptoms ...

Antibiotic therapy in hospital, oral versus intravenous treatment - FHI

The results show little or no difference between oral and intravenous antibiotic treatment for almost all of the outcomes.

Is Less More? Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotics After Hospitalization

There has been a prevailing belief that the best way to complete therapy after hospitalization was to use intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy at home.

a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Oral administration of antibiotics is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality compared with parenteral therapy based on RCTs with low to moderate ...

Comparative Effectiveness of Intravenous vs Oral Antibiotics for ...

Prolonged intravenous therapy versus early transition to oral antimicrobial therapy for acute osteomyelitis in children.

Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis

Patients with infective endocarditis on the left side of the heart are typically treated with intravenously administered antibiotic agents for up to 6 weeks.

Clinical Experience of Implementing Oral Versus Intravenous ...

The Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotics (OVIVA) Trial demonstrated that oral therapy, when used during the initial 6 weeks in the treatment ...

Early Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Gram ...

A meta-analysis of 2289 patients found no difference in mortality between oral step-down therapy and IV antibiotics for GNB, but identified a ...

Oral Is the New IV. Challenging Decades of Blood and Bone ...

Numerous prospective, controlled investigations demonstrate that oral antibiotics are at least as effective, safer, and lead to shorter hospitalizations than ...

Oral antibiotics with early hospital discharge compared with ... - Nature

The efficacy of the two arms was similar: initial treatment was successful without antibiotic modification in 90% of episodes in the intravenous ...

Oral or IV (intravenous) antibiotics, which is better? - Top Doctors

Interestingly, a longer hospital stay and a higher rate of complications were noted for those who received only IV antibiotics compared to ...

Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus ...

In our meta-analysis of four RCTs, we found no difference in treatment failure between groups receiving oral versus intravenous antibiotic ...

Intravenous-to-Oral Switch Therapy - Medscape Reference

Medications involved in switch therapy include antibiotics, analgesics, antipsychotics, and antivirals. Pharmacist-facilitated antimicrobial ...

Oral Antibiotics as Effective as IV Antibiotics for Children after Being ...

The advantage of antibiotics delivered orally is proven simple when compared with the PICC method that is complex and often rife with infectious ...

Oral versus intravenous antibiotic treatment for bone and joint ...

The OVIVA trial is a parallel group, randomised (1:1), un-blinded, non-inferiority trial conducted in thirty hospitals across the UK.