Sanne Schjødt and colleagues have just published an exciting study in Dansk Tidsskrift for Akutmedicin:

🔍 What they found:
Only 38% of patients prescribed the regional “Start package for severe pneumonia” (piperacillin/tazobactam + clarithromycin) actually fulfilled the guideline criteria.
This highlights a substantial gap in guideline adherence and points to overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics in Danish EDs.

💡 Why it matters:
- Community-acquired pneumonia is a major driver of antibiotic use.
- Overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics accelerates antimicrobial resistance.
- Results provide concrete insights for Antibiotic Stewardship and implementation of updated pneumonia guidelines.

📖 Read the full open access article here:
👉 https://lnkd.in/dM5sgV9F

Congratulations to Sanne and co-authors Marianne Lisby, Lotte Ebdrup, and Marie Kristine Jessen on this timely and clinically important work! 👏

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