GENERAL-PRACTITIONER PRESCRIBING OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR ASTHMA

Authors
KLJAKOVIC M MAHADEVAN G
Citation
M. Kljakovic et G. Mahadevan, GENERAL-PRACTITIONER PRESCRIBING OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR ASTHMA, British journal of general practice, 48(436), 1998, pp. 1773-1774
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of general practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
09601643
Volume
48
Issue
436
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1773 - 1774
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-1643(1998)48:436<1773:GPOAFA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Although asthma management guidelines in New Zealand do not advise pre scribing antibiotics, almost a quarter of asthma consultations result in a prescription for antibiotics. This study, as part of a repeat aud it of asthma care at an after-hours medical centre, describes general practitioners' perspectives on prescribing antibiotics to patients pre senting with asthma. The results show that GPs have tended to overesti mate the risk of bacterial infection in such patients.