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Systematic review of patient-oriented interventions to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are prescribed frequently for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) even though most URTIs do not require antibiotics. This over-prescription contributes to antibiotic resistance which is a major health problem globally. As physicians’ prescribing behaviour is influenced...
Autores principales: | Mortazhejri, Sameh, Hong, Patrick Jiho, Yu, Ashley M., Hong, Brian Younho, Stacey, Dawn, Bhatia, R. Sacha, Grimshaw, Jeremy M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7210679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32384919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01359-w |
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