A randomised controlled trial of the CRP rapid test as a guide to treatment of respiratory infections in general practice;Randomiseret, kontrolleret undersøgelse af anvendelsen af CRP-hurtigtest som vejledning ved behandlingen af luftvejsinfektioner i almen praksis

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 27, 2001, Pages 3784-3787

  Diederichsen, Helle Z ^a   Diederichsen, Axel ^a   Grinsted, Per ^a   Antonsen, Steen ^a   Petersen, Per H ^a   Munck, Anders P ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a Forskningsenheden Almen Medicin A ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035797287     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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