Is co-morbidity taken into account in the antibiotic management of elderly patients with acute bronchitis and COPD exacerbations?

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Bont, Jettie ^a   Hak, Eelko ^a   Birkhoff, Christine E ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Antibiotic treatment; Co morbidity; Primary health care; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548612476     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm023     Document Type: Article

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