ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2000
Antimicrobial agents in lower respiratory tract infections in Dutch general practice.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Effect of point of care testing for C reactive protein and training in communication skills on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster randomised trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2009Trial
- Prescribing Patterns for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Prescription-Review of Primary Care Practice in Quetta, Pakistan and the Implications.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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- Antibiotic prescribing and C-reactive protein testing for pulmonary infections in patients with intellectual disabilities.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013Article
- One hundred coughs: family practice case series.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2008Article
- Public beliefs on antibiotics and respiratory tract infections: an internet-based questionnaire study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2007Article
- Diagnostic labelling as determinant of antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract episodes in general practice.BMC family practice · 2007Article
- Antibiotic prescribing in primary care: first choice and restrictive prescribing are two different traits.Quality & safety in health care · 2007Article
- Prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract infections by GPs: management and prescriber characteristics.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2005Article
- Contributions of symptoms, signs, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein to a diagnosis of pneumonia in acute lower respiratory tract infection.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2003Article
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Abstract
This study describes the prescription of antimicrobial agents in cases of lower respiratory tract infections in Dutch general practice. A secondary analysis of data from the National Study of Illness and Procedures of The Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (a nationwide group of 161 general practitioners with data from 334,449 patients) had been carried out. Antimicrobial agents were prescribed in 30% of all contacts: in about half of the first contacts and contacts for recurrences, and in one out of six repeat contacts. The prescription rates were associated with diagnosis and reason for encounter but rarely with older age or comorbidity. Amoxycillin and doxycycline were most frequently prescribed. While most lower respiratory tract infections are virus-induced and antibiotics are not effective in most cases, antimicrobial agents might still be overprescribed.
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