Written information for patients (or parents of child patients) to reduce the use of antibiotics for acute upper respiratory tract infections in primary care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  O'Sullivan, Jack W ^a   Harvey, Robert T ^b   Glasziou, Paul P ^c   Mccullough, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WALES; WRITTEN COMMUNICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85000783181     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011360.pub2     Document Type: Review

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