Management of children's urinary tract infections in Dutch family practice: A cohort study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Harmsen, Mirjam ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a   Braspenning, Jozé C C ^a   Wolters, René J ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIBUTEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33947430563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-9     Document Type: Article

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