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Article: Delayed prescriptions for URIs reduce antibiotic use.(Poems: patient-oriented evidence that matters)(upper respiratory tract infections)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Clinical question Do delayed prescriptions reduce antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections?
Bottom line Delayed prescriptions for upper respiratory tract infections reduce the use of antibiotics; patient satisfaction, however, may be worse. (Level of evidence = 1a-)
Study design Systematic review
Setting Outpatient (primary care)
Synopsis For this systematic review, the authors included controlled trials of studies in which the intervention was a delayed prescription compared with an immediate prescription for patients with upper respiratory tract infections. They searched several databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane) and ...