Optimizing the management of the main acute infections in pediatric ORL: tonsillitis, sinusitis, otitis media.

Optimizing the Management of the Main Acute Infections in Pediatric ORL: Tonsillitis, Sinusitis, Otitis media Summary

Antibiotic prescribing for Canadian preschool children: evidence of overprescribing for viral respiratory infections.

Antibiotic resistance is associated with prior receipt of antibiotics. An analysis of linked computerized databases for physician visits and antibiotic prescriptions was used to examine antibiotic prescribing for different respiratory infections in preschool children in Canada. In 1995, 64% of 61,165 children aged <5 years made 140,892 visits (mean, 3.6 visits per child) for respiratory infecti...

Patient presentation and physician management of upper respiratory tract infections: a retrospective review of over 5 million primary clinic consultations in Hong Kong

BACKGROUND Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) has a significant healthcare burden worldwide. Considerable resources are consumed through health care consultations and prescribed treatment, despite evidence for little or no effect on recovery. Patterns of consultations and care including use of symptomatic medications and antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections are poorly descri...

Paradoxes in approaching the most prevalent infections in ENT practice: tonsillitis, sinusitis, and otitis media.

Young children going to day care centers complaining of secretion, nasal obstruction, and cough can be seen on a daily basis in the pediatric ENT practice. The signs and symptoms of viral and bacterial respiratory infections are often juxtaposed to allergy, leading physicians to prescribe less-than-adequate drugs to treat the conditions at hand. Most prescription errors are due to inaccurate di...

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): disease-specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic prescribing.

Background In 2007, ESAC (http://www.esac.ua.ac.be) published a set of 12 valid drug-specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use in Europe. In this study, the authors aimed to develop evidence-based disease-specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Europe. Methods Two meetings were convened to produce a list of disease-specific quality indicators for out...