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Can antibiotic prescriptions in respiratory tract infections be improved? A cluster-randomized educational intervention in general practice – The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) Study [NCT00272155]

BACKGROUND: More than half of all antibiotic prescriptions in general practice are issued for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), despite convincing evidence that many of these infections are caused by viruses. Frequent misuse of antimicrobial agents is of great global health concern, as we face an...

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Autores principales: Gjelstad, Svein, Fetveit, Arne, Straand, Jørund, Dalen, Ingvild, Rognstad, Sture, Lindbaek, Morten
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16776824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-75