Review: Delayed or immediate prescriptions of antibiotics have similar clinical outcomes in respiratory infections: Commentary

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 42-

  Datta, Manjula ^a  

^a Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG USE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELDERLY CARE; EMBASE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAISE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SORE THROAT; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949085909     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.13.2.42     Document Type: Short Survey

References (2)

1. Edwards M, Dennison J, Sedgwick P. Patients' responses to delayed antibiotic prescription for acute upper respiratory tract infections. Br J Gen Pract 2003; 53:845-50.
2. Dowell J, Pitkethly M, Bain J, et al. A randomised controlled trial of delayed antibiotic prescribing as a strategy for managing uncomplicated respiratory tract infection in primary care. Br J Gen Pract 2001;51:200-5.