Guidelines: Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7663, 2008, Pages 232-233

  Tan, Toni ^a   Little, Paul ^b   Stokes, Tim ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INDICATION; FEVER; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 48349122624     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a437     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Lindbaek M. Prescribing antibiotics to patients with acute cough and otitis media. B J Gen Pract 2006;56:164-5.
2. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Prescribing of antibiotics for self limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care. 2008. (Clinical guideline 69.) www.nice.org.uk/CG69
3. Centor RM, Witherspoon J, Dalton H, Brody C, Link K. The diagnosis of strep throat in adults in the emergency room. Med Decision Making 1981;1:239-46.
4. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Feverish illness in children: assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years. 2007. (Clinical guideline No 47.) www.nice.org.uk/CG47