Alarm signs and antibiotic prescription in febrile children in primary care: An observational cohort study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 612, 2013, Pages

  Elshout, Gijs ^a   Van Ierland, Yvette ^b   Bohnen, Arthur M ^a   De Wilde, Marcel ^b   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^b   Berger, Marjolein Y ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Child; Family practice; Fever; Infant; Preschool; Primary health care; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALARM MONITORING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VOMITING;

EID: 84880567693     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X669158     Document Type: Article

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