Delayed antibiotics for respiratory infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Spurling, Geoffrey K P ^a   Del Mar, Chris B ^b   Dooley, Liz ^c   Foxlee, Ruth ^d   Farley, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALAISE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORE THROAT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; COUGH; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEVER; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880550521     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004417.pub4     Document Type: Review

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