Antibiotic prescribing for presumed nonbacterial acute respiratory tract infections

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 544-551

  Aspinall, Sherrie L ^a,b,c   Good, Chester B ^a,b,d   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,e   Mor, Maria K ^a,f   Fine, Michael J ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Center for Medication Safety   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 66149190832     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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