Sökning: "Antibiotic prescribing"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden Antibiotic prescribing.
21. Diagnosing pneumonia in primary care : Aspects of the value of clinical and laboratory findings and the use of chest X-ray
Sammanfattning : It is important to identify patients with pneumonia because it is potentially a serious disease, often of bacterial origin, that should be treated with antibiotics. It is equally important to identify those with acute bronchitis, a self-limiting disease, that should not be treated with antibiotics. LÄS MER
22. Resistant pneumococci and use of antibiotics
Sammanfattning : Pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics has become a worldwide problem. The rapid increase in frequency seems to be caused by intercontinental spread of a few resistant clones. Resistance to antibiotics in pneumococci has reduced the therapeutic arsenal for common respiratory tract infections as well as for invasive infections. LÄS MER
23. Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Drug therapy in primary care is a broad field, with two areas previously identified as particularly challenging: treatment of the elderly and prescription of antibiotics against uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). General practitioners’ (GPs’) attitudes and adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines might be influenced by different interventions and need to be studied. LÄS MER
24. Policy development and implementation : maternal health in India
Sammanfattning : Background: The progress to improve maternal health in India is characterized by a wide spread of success stories as well as failures. Policies and programs have been developed and implemented to reduce maternal mortality; however, many women stil lack access to health care during pregnancy and delivery and approximately 68 000 women die in pregnancy related complication each year. LÄS MER
25. Bacterial colonisation and infection of the lower airways in cystic fibrosis : a microbiological and clinical study
Sammanfattning : Pulmonary deterioration has remained the major cause of mortality in cystic fibrosis (C17) patients despite the considerable improvement of their survival due to more efficient therapy and centralised care. The progression of the CF lung disease is correlated to inflection with a limited number of colonising bacterial species. LÄS MER