A study of clinical features and treatment of acute bronchitis by Japanese primary care physicians

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 244-251

  Kawamoto, Ryuichi ^a   Asai, Yasuhiro ^b   Nago, Naoki ^c   Okayama, Masanobu ^d   Mise, Junichi ^d   Igarashi, Masahiro ^d  

^a Nomura Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Futanazu Clinic   (Japan)

^c Tsukude National Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Clinical features; Japan; Primary care physicians; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; COUGHING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK; SELF CARE; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSIL DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031878379     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.3.244     Document Type: Article

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