ArticleJAMA
Antibiotics for acute bronchitis.
Article in JAMA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Factors Associated with Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2016Pooled it
- The efficacy and safety of DW1601 in patients with acute bronchitis: a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, phase III clinical trial.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2022Trial
- The impacts of air pollution on daily hospitalizations for acute bronchitis in children: a perspective from the coastal city of Shantou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Impact of Education on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescription for Respiratory Tract Infection Based on Physicians' Justifications: A Web-Based Survey in Japan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Errors among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients Suffering from Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
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- Antimicrobial use by WHO methodology at primary health care centers: a cross sectional study in Punjab, Pakistan.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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- Antibiotic prescribing behavior among general practitioners - a questionnaire-based study in Germany.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
clinical questionAre antibiotics associated with improved outcomes in patients with acute bronchitis? BOTTOM LINE: Prescribing antibiotics for acute bronchitis was associated with reduced overall and nighttime cough and with an approximately half-day reduction in duration of cough, in days feeling ill, and in days with impaired activities. However, at follow-up, there were no significant differences in patients receiving antibiotics compared with those receiving placebo in overall clinical improvements or limitations in work or other activities. There was a significant increase in adverse effects in the antibiotic group, particularly gastrointestinal symptoms.
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