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Observational studyBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Antibiotic prescription strategies and adverse outcome for uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections: prospective cough complication cohort (3C) study.

Paul Little, Beth Stuart, Sue Smith, Matthew J Thompson, Kyle Knox, Ann van den Bruel, Mark Lown, Michael Moore, David Mant

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In one paragraph

Observational study in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Immediate versus delayed versus no antibiotics for respiratory infections.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  6. Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  7. Antibiotic effectiveness for children with lower respiratory infections: prospective cohort and trial in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
    Trial
  8. [Antibiotic use: psychological factors influencing perceptions and behavior of physicians and patients].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026
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  19. Implementation of the delayed antibiotic prescribing strategy. Prospective observation study in primary care.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2022
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  20. [Sore Throat - Guideline-based Diagnostics and Therapy].ZFA. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeinmedizin · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul LittleUniversity of Southampton, Primary Care Medical Group, PCPS Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK p.little@soton.ac.uk.
Beth StuartUniversity of Southampton, Primary Care Medical Group, PCPS Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK.
Sue SmithNuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Matthew J ThompsonUniversity of Washington, Seattle WA, USA.
Kyle KnoxNuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Ann van den BruelNuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Mark LownUniversity of Southampton, Primary Care Medical Group, PCPS Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK.
Michael MooreUniversity of Southampton, Primary Care Medical Group, PCPS Unit, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK.
David MantNuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Southampton · GBUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Department of Health RP-PG-0407-10098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

General PracticeAnti-Bacterial AgentsCoughDrug PrescriptionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPractice Patterns, Physicians'Prospective StudiesRespiratory Tract InfectionsTreatment OutcomeUnited KingdomAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID28533265
PMCPMC5439222
OpenAlexW2618877027

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