New antibiotics in primary careSteciwko, AndrzejLubieniecka, MałgorzataMuszyńska, Agnieszka
Upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) are common conditions managed in primary health care (PHC). The aim of this study was to evaluate prescribing of antibiotics, especially in the treatment of URIs in PHC of Ni拧 region and to identify the practice of drug overuse, under use or ...
Primary Care plays a fundamental role in this respect. - It is important to become familiar with inhaled antibiotics and the different devices that are used, especially electronic or mesh devices. The role of nursing in this respect is fundamental45,46. - The treatment of mild-moderate ...
General practitioner and nurse prescriber experiences of prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract infections in UK primary care out-of-hours services (the UNITE study). J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018;73(3):795–803. (Open in a new window)PubMed (Open in a new window)Web of Science ®(...
Antibiotics are frequently prescribed at many of the visits to primary care clinics, often for conditions for which they provide no benefit, including viral respiratory tract infections. The aim was to evaluate primary care visits due to infectious disea
Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01454947 Introduction Overuse of antibiotics exposes patients to unnecessary risk of adverse drug events, increases health care costs, and increases the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.1,2 Most antibiotics prescribed in the United States are ...
1 They can differ in severity and many require hospitalisation, but the majority of mild to moderate AECOPD can be managed in primary care.2 Antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids are beneficial treatment options that are often used.3,4 However, the benefit of antibiotics in mild to moderate ...
Clinicians who work in primary care are potentially the most influential healthcare professionals to address the problem of antibiotic resistance because this is where most antibiotics are prescribed. Despite a number of evidence based interventions targ
The British Thoracic Society Bronchiectasis Guidelines provide advice for diagnosis and management of primary care in the United Kingdom. Although some of the advice, such as the type of antibiotics to be used, is specific to the United Kingdom, many of the recommendations are in line with thos...
In England 84% of antibiotics are prescribed in primary care and despite a 23% reduction in prescribing in the last five years, cases of antimicrobial resistance are still a prescient concern [2]. There remains substantial variabil- ity in antibiotic prescribing to primary care patients with ...