Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study

Respiratory tract infections: Tracking the overuse of antibiotics Better adherence to guidelines for prescribing antibiotics for different respiratory tract infections are warranted in Danish general practice. The over-use of antibiotics, particularly so-called ‘second-line’ agents such as amoxicill...

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Autores principales:	Rune Aabenhus, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Laura Trolle Saust, Lars Bjerrum
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f09cc85bdddd4c4bb5429cdfb5f4d6ed2021-12-02T16:19:45ZCharacterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study10.1038/s41533-017-0037-72055-1010https://doaj.org/article/f09cc85bdddd4c4bb5429cdfb5f4d6ed2017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0037-7https://doaj.org/toc/2055-1010Respiratory tract infections: Tracking the overuse of antibiotics Better adherence to guidelines for prescribing antibiotics for different respiratory tract infections are warranted in Danish general practice. The over-use of antibiotics, particularly so-called ‘second-line’ agents such as amoxicillin, increases resistance and may lead to a potentially catastrophic scenario where antibiotics are no longer effective. Exactly how widespread the over-use of antibiotics is for different infections, however, is not clear. Rune Aabenhus at the University of Copenhagen and co-workers analyzed primary care data regarding antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections including pneumonia and ear infections in Denmark. They found that penicillin V—the current recommended first-line drug in Scandinavian countries—accounted for 58 per cent of prescriptions, a figure which should be improved. Amoxicillin and macrolides were over-prescribed, particularly in elderly patients. The team also call for further analysis of prescriptions given by out-of-hours clinics.Rune AabenhusMalene Plejdrup HansenLaura Trolle SaustLars BjerrumNature PortfolioarticleDiseases of the respiratory systemRC705-779ENnpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779 Rune Aabenhus Malene Plejdrup Hansen Laura Trolle Saust Lars Bjerrum Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
description	Respiratory tract infections: Tracking the overuse of antibiotics Better adherence to guidelines for prescribing antibiotics for different respiratory tract infections are warranted in Danish general practice. The over-use of antibiotics, particularly so-called ‘second-line’ agents such as amoxicillin, increases resistance and may lead to a potentially catastrophic scenario where antibiotics are no longer effective. Exactly how widespread the over-use of antibiotics is for different infections, however, is not clear. Rune Aabenhus at the University of Copenhagen and co-workers analyzed primary care data regarding antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections including pneumonia and ear infections in Denmark. They found that penicillin V—the current recommended first-line drug in Scandinavian countries—accounted for 58 per cent of prescriptions, a figure which should be improved. Amoxicillin and macrolides were over-prescribed, particularly in elderly patients. The team also call for further analysis of prescriptions given by out-of-hours clinics.
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author	Rune Aabenhus Malene Plejdrup Hansen Laura Trolle Saust Lars Bjerrum
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title	Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
title_short	Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
title_full	Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
title_fullStr	Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
title_full_unstemmed	Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
title_sort	characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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url	https://doaj.org/article/f09cc85bdddd4c4bb5429cdfb5f4d6ed
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Characterisation of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in Danish general practice: a retrospective registry based cohort study

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