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Opportunities to reduce antibiotic prescribing for patients with COPD in primary care: a cohort study using electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

BACKGROUND: In primary care there is uncertainty about which patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) benefit from antibiotics. OBJECTIVES: To identify which types of COPD patients get the most antibiotics in primary care to support targeted antibiotic stewardship. METHODS: Observational s...

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Autores principales: Rockenschaub, Patrick, Jhass, Arnoupe, Freemantle, Nick, Aryee, Anna, Rafiq, Meena, Hayward, Andrew, Shallcross, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz411