Usefulness of C-reactive protein testing in acute cough/respiratory tract infection: an open cluster-randomized clinical trial with C-reactive protein testing in the intervention group

BACKGROUND: Point of care testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) has shown promise as a measure to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in respiratory tract infections (RTI), but its use in primary care is still controversial. We aimed to evaluate the effect of CRP testing on the prescription of...

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Autores principales: Andreeva, Elena, Melbye, Hasse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-80

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