If nothing happens, is everything all right? Distinguishing genuine reassurance from a false sense of security

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-16

  Loke, Yoon Kong ^a   Mattishent, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PROCEDURES;

AMOXICILLIN; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84923540607     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.141344     Document Type: Article

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