Trends in emergency department antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 928-935

  Thorpe, Joshua M ^a   Smith, Scott R ^a   Trygstad, Troy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Emergency departments; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2442646650     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D380     Document Type: Article

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