Antibiotic and bronchodilator prescribing for acute bronchitis in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Kroening Roche, Jason C ^a,b   Soroudi, Arash ^b   Castillo, Edward M ^b   Vilke, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

acute bronchitis; antibiotics; broad spectrum antibiotics; bronchodilators; emergency department

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84864998268     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.143     Document Type: Article

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