Antibiotic prescribing in respiratory tract infections and predictive factors for their use;Prescripción de antibióticos en las infecciones del tracto respiratorio y factores predictores de su utilización

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-35

  Llor, Carles ^a   Cots, Josep María ^b   Bjerrum, Lars ^c   Cid, Marina ^d   Guerra, Gloria ^e   Arranz, Xavier ^f   Gómez, Manuel ^g   Monedero, María José ^h   Alcántara, Juan De Dios ⁱ   Pérez, Carolina ^j   García, Guillermo ^k   Ortega, Jesús ^l   Cigüenza, María Luisa ^m   Pineda, Vicenta ⁿ   Paredes, José ^o   Burgazzoli, Juan Luis ^p   Hernández, Silvia ^a  

^a Centro de Salud Jaume I   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud La Marina   (Spain)

^c Universidad del Sur de Dinamarca   (Denmark)

^d Centro de Salud de Teis   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud Escaleritas   (Spain)

^f Centro de Atención Primaria Arquitecte Bennàssar   (Spain)

^g Centro de Salud Mirasierra   (Spain)

^h Centro de Salud Rafalena   (Spain)

ⁱ Centro de Salud Bollullos Par del Condado   (Spain)

^j Centro de Salud Las Lagunas   (Spain)

^k Centro de Salud La Calzada II   (Spain)

^l Centro de Salud Rincón de Soto   (Spain)

^m Centro de Salud Son Pisa   (Spain)

ⁿ Centro de Salud Nazaret   (Spain)

^o Centro de Salud Hostalrich   (Spain)

^p Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Antibiotics; Audit; Primary Care; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHITIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXUDATE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OTITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SORE THROAT; SPAIN; SPUTUM; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 72149127655     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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