osteomyelitis/antibiotics/outpatient dialysis

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Hi all, posting to renal discussion, too -- I'm trying to find research on osteomyelitis and outpatient antibiotics in dialysis clinic patients. Any help appreciated, including current guidelines. More interested in research, however.

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Specializes in Research & Critical Care.

You should first clarify what exactly you're looking for. Management of osteomyelitis? Outcomes of osteomyelitis treated outpatient vs inpatient? IV vs oral? Then turn it into a PICO question (Patient/Population/Problem, Intervention, Control, Outcome).

So for example: In adult dialysis patients with osteomyelitis, is outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy non-inferior to inpatient therapy for time to infection resolution?

Break your PICO question down into search terms and look at the databases available through your school.

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