General practitioner use of a C-reactive protein point-of-care test to help target antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Most patients presenting with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in primary care are prescribed an antibiotic, which may not always be appropriate and may cause harm. C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase biomarker that can be rapidly measured at t...

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Autores principales: Bates, Janine, Francis, Nick A., White, Patrick, Gillespie, David, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Breen, Rachel, Kirby, Nigel, Hood, Kerry, Gal, Micaela, Phillips, Rhiannon, Naik, Gurudutt, Cals, Jochen, Llor, Carl, Melbye, Hasse, Wootton, Mandy, Riga, Evgenia, Cochrane, Ann, Howe, Robin, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Sewell, Bernadette, Alam, Mohammed Fasihul, Butler, Christopher C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28969667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2144-8

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