Self-reported antibiotic compliance: Emergency department to general practitioner follow up

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 450-456

  Dinh, Michael M ^a   Chu, Matthew ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Canterbury Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic compliance; Emergency department; Follow up; General practitioner

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 28444473394     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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