Opportunities to reduce antibiotic prescribing for patients with COPD in primary care: a cohort study using electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) | Zendy

Patrick Rockenschaub | Zendy; Arnoupe Jhass | Zendy; Nick Freemantle | Zendy; Anna Aryee | Zendy; Meena Rafiq | Zendy; Andrew Hayward | Zendy; Laura Shallcross | Zendy

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Opportunities to reduce antibiotic prescribing for patients with COPD in primary care: a cohort study using electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

Author(s) -

Patrick Rockenschaub,

Arnoupe Jhass,

Nick Freemantle,

Anna Aryee,

Meena Rafiq,

Andrew Hayward,

Laura Shallcross

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkz411

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , medical prescription , antibiotics , asthma , antimicrobial stewardship , cohort , intensive care medicine , incidence (geometry) , comorbidity , cohort study , emergency medicine , antibiotic resistance , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , biology

In primary care there is uncertainty about which patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) benefit from antibiotics.

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