Are smokers with acute cough in primary care prescribed antibiotics more often, and to what benefit? An observational study in 13 European countries

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-767

  Stanton, N ^a   Hood, K ^a   Kelly, M J ^a   Nuttall, J ^a   Gillespie, D ^a   Verheij, T ^c   Little, P ^b   Godycki Cwirko, M ^d   Goossens, H ^e   Butler, C C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adults; Antimicrobial therapy (antibiotics); Cough; Health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUGH; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 77951195855     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00168409     Document Type: Article

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