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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Hospitalization for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in a Low-Antibiotic-Prescribing Setting: Cross-Sectional Data from General Practice.

Christin Löffler, Attila Altiner, Annette Diener, Reinhard Berner, Gregor Feldmeier, Christian Helbig, Winfried V Kern, Anna Köchling, Michaela Schmid, Gerhard Schön and 3 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Christin LöfflerInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5763-7588
Attila AltinerInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
Annette DienerInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
Reinhard BernerDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU, 01307 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6216-9173
Gregor FeldmeierInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
Christian HelbigInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2315-2176
Winfried V KernDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.
Anna KöchlingClinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5415-0894
Michaela SchmidDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.
Gerhard SchönDepartment of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2556-6804
Helmut SchröderAOK Research Institute (WIdO), 10178 Berlin, Germany.
Karl WegscheiderDepartment of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2974-3142
Anja WollnyInstitute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
University of Rostock · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEWissenschaftliches Institut der AOK · DE

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF 01GY1140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) are the main cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. To date, there is limited evidence concerning whether low levels of antibiotic prescribing may impact patient safety. We investigate whether antibiotic prescribing for patients seeking primary care for ARTI correlates with the odds for hospitalization.

methodsAnalysis of patient baseline data (

resultsNeither the antibiotic status of individual patients (OR 0.91; 95% CI: 0.49 to 1.69;

conclusionsIn a low-antibiotic-prescribing primary care setting such as Germany, lack of treatment with antibiotics for ARTI did not result in higher odds for hospitalization in an adult population.

Indexed as

anti-bacterial agentsdrug prescriptionsinappropriate prescribingprimary health carerespiratory tract infections

Identifiers

PMID33003436
PMCPMC7600502
OpenAlexW3089679055

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