Do clinical findings in lower respiratory tract infection help general practitioners prescribe antibiotics appropriately? An observational cohort study in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-187

  Hopstaken, Rogier M ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^a   Muris, Jean W M ^a   Knottnerus, J André ^a   Kester, Arnold D M ^a   Rinkens, Paula E L M ^a   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; General practice; Pneumonia; Predictive value of tests; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUSCULTATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645155793     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi100     Document Type: Article

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