Grizzard M B
Postgrad Med. 1985 Nov 1;78(6):187-9, 192-5. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1985.11699196.
The development of antibiotics with extended duration of activity, combined with the social and economic changes in the practice of medicine in recent years, has resulted in use of home intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy to treat a wide range of infections in selected patients. At Lovelace Medical Center, infections of the musculoskeletal system have accounted for two thirds of the cases for which such therapy is used. First-and third-generation cephalosporins have been used most often and at our institution are almost identical in terms of actual charges to the patient. Although several important medicolegal and ethical problems have yet to be resolved, home IV antibiotic therapy has been shown to be safe, effective, and capable of reducing medical costs to both patients and health care providers.
随着作用时间延长的抗生素的研发，再加上近年来医学实践中的社会和经济变化，使得家庭静脉注射（IV）抗生素疗法被用于治疗特定患者的多种感染。在洛夫莱斯医疗中心，肌肉骨骼系统感染占使用这种疗法病例的三分之二。第一代和第三代头孢菌素使用最为频繁，在我们机构，就实际向患者收取的费用而言，这两者几乎相同。尽管一些重要的法医学和伦理学问题尚未解决，但家庭静脉注射抗生素疗法已被证明是安全、有效的，并且能够降低患者和医疗服务提供者的医疗成本。
