Antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care: ARTIC-PC RCT

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Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for children with uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections, but there is little randomised evidence to support the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating these infections, either overall or relating to key clinical subgroups in which antibiotic prescribing is common (chest signs; fever; physician rating of unwell; sputum/rattly chest; shortness of breath). Objectives: To estimate the ...

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Authors: Little, P; Francis, NA; Stuart, B; O'Reilly, G; Thompson, N

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: NIHR Journals Library
• Journal: Health Technology Assessment
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1-90
• Publication date: 2023-06-01
• DOI: 10.3310/dgbv3199
• EISSN: 2046-4924
• ISSN: 1366-5278
• Language: English
• Keywords: Internal medicine; Family medicine; Primary care; Antibiotics; Microbiology; Intensive care medicine; Randomized controlled trial; Pediatrics; Respiratory system; Respiratory tract; Respiratory tract infections; Medicine