Office evaluation and treatment of elderly patients with acute bronchitis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 875-879

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,b   Sauaia, Angela ^c   Maselli, Judy H ^a,b   Houck, Peter M ^d   Gonzales, Ralph ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^e Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Antibiotics; Bronchitis; Diagnostic techniques and procedures

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 2942700255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52252.x     Document Type: Review

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