Criteria-Based Diagnosis and Antibiotic Overuse for Upper Respiratory Infections

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-254

  Cox, Elizabeth D ^a   Saluja, Saurabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic overuse; diagnosis; upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 47249113076     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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