Effect of the influenza virus rapid antigen test on a Physician's decision to prescribe antibiotics and on patient length of stay in the emergency department

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Jeong, Hye Won ^a   Heo, Jung Yeon ^a   Park, Jung Soo ^a   Kim, Woo Joo ^b,c  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Transgovernmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910621879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110978     Document Type: Article

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