Optimal management of adults with pharyngitis - A multi-criteria decision analysis

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Singh, Sonal ^a   Dolan, James G ^b   Centor, Robert M ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33645562677     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-6-14     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Armstrong GL, Pinner RW: Outpatient visits for infectious disease in the United States, 1980 through 1996. Arch Intern Med 1999, 159(21):2531-2536.
2. Linder JA, Stafford RS: Antibiotic Treatment of Adults With Sore Throat by Community Primary Care Physicians: A National Survey, 1989-1999. JAMA 2001, 286(10):1181-1186.
3. Ebell MH, Smith MA, Barry HC, Ives K, Carey M: The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have strep throat? JAMA 2000, 284(22):2912-2918.
4. Komaroff AL, Pass TM, Aronson TM, Ervin CT, Cretin S, Winickoff RN, Branch WT: The prediction of streptococcal pharyngitis in adults. J Gen Intern Med 1986, 1:1-7.
5. Neuner JM, Hamel MB, Phillips RS, Bona K, Aronson MD: Diagnosis and management of adults with pharyngitis. A cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med 2003, 139(2):113-122.
6. Centor RM, Witherspoon JM, Dalton HP, Brody CE, Link K: The diagnosis of strep throat in adults in the emergency room. Med Decis Making 1981, 1(3):239-246.
7. Bisno AL, Gerber MA, Gwaltney JM Jr, Kaplan EL, Schwartz RH: Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2002, 35(2):113-125.
8. Cooper RJ, Hoffman JR, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hickner JM, Sande MA: Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults: background. Ann Intern Med 2001, 134(6):509-517.
9. Snow V, Mottur-Pilson C, Cooper RJ, Hoffman JR: Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Pharyngitis in Adults. Ann Intern Med 2001, 134(6):506-508.
10. Belton V, Stewart T: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis. Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2002.
11. Dolan J, Frisina S: Randomized controlled trial of a patient decision aid for colorectal cancer screening. Med Decis Making 2002, 22:125-139.
12. Dolan JG, Isselhardt BJ Jr, Cappuccio JD: The analytic hierarchy process in medical decision making: a tutorial. Med Decis Making 1989, 9(1):40-50.
13. Saaty T: How to make a decision: The Analytic Hierarchy Process. Interfaces 1994, 24:19-43.
14. Hillner BE, Centor RM: What a difference a day makes: a decision analysis of adult streptococcal pharyngitis. J Gen Intern Med 1987, 2:244-250.
15. Del Mar CB, Glasziou PP, Spinks AB: Antibiotics for sore throat. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004.
16. Gerber MA, Tanz RR, Kabat W, Dennis E, Bell GL, Kaplan EL, Shulman ST: Optical immunoassay test for group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis. An office-based, multicenter investigation. JAMA 1997, 277(11):899-903.
17. deShazo RD, Kemp SF: Allergic reactions to drugs and biologic agents. JAMA 1997, 278(22):1895-1906.
18. Expert Choice 2000. Pittsburgh, PA, Expert Choice, Inc. 2000.
19. Brooker C, Kamien M, Ward AM: Differences in teaching about the acute sore throat within one medical faculty. Med Educ 2000, 34(4):269-274.
20. Dolan JG, Bordley DR: Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to develop and disseminate guidelines. QRB Qual Rev Bull 1992, 18(12):440-447.
21. McIsaac WJ, Kellner JD, Aufricht P, Vanjaka A, Low DE: Empirical Validation of Guidelines for the Management of Pharyngitis in Children and Adults. JAMA 2004, 291(13):1587-1595.
22. Zwart S, Sachs APE, Ruijs GJHM, Gubbels JW, Hoes AW, de Melker RA: Penicillin for acute sore throat: randomised double blind trial of seven days versus three days treatment or placebo in adults. BMJ 2000, 320(7228):150-154.