EFFECT OF ANTIFUNGAL STEWARDSHIP ON MICAFUNGIN PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AT A TERTIARY-CARE HOSPITAL

Effect of antifungal stewardship on micafungin prescribing practices in intensive care units at a tertiary-care hospital

Background: Fungal diseases are associated with substantial global mortality and economic burden, especially in critically ill or immunocompromised patients.Antifungal resistance has emerged as a barrier Handle Bar to treating invasive fungal infections, but antifungal stewardship is still a developing effort due to limited data.Here, we describe t

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A Successive Interference Cancellation Based Random Access Channel Mechanism for Machine-to-Machine Communications in Cellular Internet-of-Things

In Cellular Internet-of-Things, random access channel (RACH) mechanism is used by machine-to-machine communication (M2M) devices to connect to a base station (BS) for any information Standard Pillow exchange.However, increase in the number of M2M devices increases the network contention and reduces the number of RACH successes.In order to address t

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