Predicting antibiotic prescription after symptomatic treatment for urinary tract infection: Development of a model using data from an RCT in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 645, 2016, Pages e234-e240

  Gágyor, Ildikó ^a   Haasenritter, Jörg ^b   Bleidorn, Jutta ^c   McIsaac, Warren ^d   Schmiemann, Guido ^e   Hummers Pradier, Eva ^a   Himmel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family practice; Ibuprofen; Prediction model; Urinary anti infective agents; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

FOSFOMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84962544891     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X684361     Document Type: Article

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