Presentation, antibiotic management and associated outcome in polish adults presenting with acute cough/LRTI

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 608-614

  Godycki cwirko, Maciek ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^b   Nocun, Marek ^a,c   Muras, Magdalena ^a   Goossens, Herman ^d   Butler, Christopher C ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute cough; Antibiotics; General practice; GRACE LRTI

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSCULTATION; COUGH; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINCOSAMIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855166123     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr019     Document Type: Article

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