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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs)"”.
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An investigation of antibiotic prescribingin patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) at Katutura Health Centre
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) are viral in 80% of the cases (Mazur, 2010) but antibiotic prescribing in these illnesses still remains a problem in many places, where about 60% of patients with URTIs receive antibiotics inappropriately (WHO, 2010).This makes URTIs important targets for …
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The Role of System-Level Primary Care Characteristics and Immigration Status as Predictors of Non-Urgent Emergency Department Presentations
… (EDs) for non-urgent conditions, especially with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). This leads to poor patient health outcomes and greater healthcare system costs. Immigrants also use EDs non-urgently at a greater rate than non-immigrants. To further our understanding of factors …
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Antibiotikų skyrimo ypatumai suaugusiems, sergantiems kvėpavimo takų infekcijomis, pirminės sveikatos priežiūros įstaigose Lietuvoje /
… prescription of antimicrobials to treat adult respiratory tract infections in Lithuanian primary health care. The tasks of the investigation: 1. To define the structure of respiratory tract infections (RTIs). 2. To rate the use of microbiological and other diagnostic tests in adult patients …
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Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care.
… of antibiotics against uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). General practitioners’ (GPs’) attitudes and adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines might be influenced by different interventions and need to be studied. Objectives: 1. To study different …
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Comparison of treatments for upper respiratory tract infections recommended in community pharmacies and hospitals in North East Thailand.
Comparative treatments for URTIs in terms of drug therapies, cost and outcomes were evaluated in community pharmacies and hospitals in Mahasarakham province, NE Thailand. A total of 1052 URTI patients was studied, 536 patients in two hospitals (H) where physicians diagnosed and prescribed and 516 …