Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: summary of NICE guidance
Tan, Toni, Little, Paul and Stokes, Tim (2008) Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: summary of NICE guidance. British Medical Journal, 337:a437 (doi:10.1136/bmj.a437).
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Antibiotics probably provide little benefit for a large proportion of respiratory tract infections that present in primary care. Respiratory tract infections are largely self limiting, and complications are likely to be rare if antibiotics are withheld. However, respiratory tract infections account for 60% of all antibiotic prescribing in primary care,1 and the prescribing patterns for antibiotics vary widely among general practices, without evidence of significant benefit among higher prescribers. Three different management strategies for antibiotics can be used for patients with respiratory tract infection who present in primary care: no antibiotic prescribing; delayed (or deferred) prescribing, in which a prescription is written for use at a later date if symptoms worsen or do not start to settle in the expected timescale; and immediate prescribing. This article summarises the most recent recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0959-8138 (print) |
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| Keywords: | respiratory tract infections, care, health, prescribing, research, research support, primary-care, infection, primary care |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RB Pathology R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Community Clinical Sciences |
| Item ID: | 62155 |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:49 |
| Contributors: | Tan, Toni (Author) Little, Paul (Author) Stokes, Tim (Author) |
| Date: | 23 July 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | p.little@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/62155 |
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