Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough

Surveys of family practitioners prescribing habits have often found that patients presenting with the respiratory tract infections are associated with increased levels of discomfort, as their expectations may well be in conflict with the therapeutic approaches proposed in the evidence-based guidelin...

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Main Author: A. Gray
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Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2003-08-01
Series:South African Family Practice
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Online Access:https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/1896
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description Surveys of family practitioners prescribing habits have often found that patients presenting with the respiratory tract infections are associated with increased levels of discomfort, as their expectations may well be in conflict with the therapeutic approaches proposed in the evidence-based guidelines. For example a critical incident survey amongst practitioners in the North of England showed that they experienced the greatest discomfort when facing patients with respiratory diseases, musculo-skeletal problems or anxiety, or when contemplating the the use of antibiotics, tranquillisers, hypnotics, or symptomatic remedies. While decisions around antibiotic choice (or use at all) in - the symptomatic relief of the cough itself.
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spelling doaj-art-e730126019f741068345d096057576c92025-08-20T04:03:17ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042003-08-0145810.4102/safp.v45i8.18961441Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute CoughA. Gray0Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. University of NatalSurveys of family practitioners prescribing habits have often found that patients presenting with the respiratory tract infections are associated with increased levels of discomfort, as their expectations may well be in conflict with the therapeutic approaches proposed in the evidence-based guidelines. For example a critical incident survey amongst practitioners in the North of England showed that they experienced the greatest discomfort when facing patients with respiratory diseases, musculo-skeletal problems or anxiety, or when contemplating the the use of antibiotics, tranquillisers, hypnotics, or symptomatic remedies. While decisions around antibiotic choice (or use at all) in - the symptomatic relief of the cough itself.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/1896acute coughrespiratory tract infectionsquality use of medicines
spellingShingle A. Gray
Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
South African Family Practice
acute cough
respiratory tract infections
quality use of medicines
title Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
title_full Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
title_fullStr Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
title_full_unstemmed Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
title_short Quality use of medicines: The patient with Acute Cough
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topic acute cough
respiratory tract infections
quality use of medicines
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