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21 maj 2020 · Literature searches of MEDLINE and Embase, conducted on July 24, 2018, identified studies published after 2007 reporting the impact of delayed appropriate therapy on clinical outcomes for hospitalized adult patients with bacterial infections.
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CHEST 2020 158929-938DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.087) ......
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If your GP or respiratory nurse diagnoses you with a ‘bacterial’ chest infection then they may prescribe you a course of antibiotics with or without steroids. Please be aware that if you are diagnosed with a viral infection, antibiotics will not help and you will be advised to take regular paracetamol and fluids and let your
Abstract. In general practice, the term 'chest infection' covers a wide variety of clinical presentations, ranging from cough without sputum or chest signs, to an illness characterised by expectoration of mucopurulent sputum, fever, general malaise, dyspnoea, and diffuse or focal signs in the chest. 1 2 While many chest infections seen by GPs ...
Antibiotics are important medicines for managing and treating infections caused by bacteria. This information sheet for PID patients and their carers aims to promote the safe and effective use of antibiotics. What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are medicines used to
If current antibiotic is resistant consider changing antibiotics based on recent sputum sensitivities. ‒ Otherwise send a further sputum sample for routine culture and continue with the current course of antibiotics (for 14 days). Advise patients to seek medical advice if worse or chest infection does o secondary care for advice
Appropriate use of antibiotics is important for best health outcomes! Clinicians need to make the right choice of antibiotic and right dosage for individual patients. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics means they will no longer work in the future! This document will add significant value to the services provided
‘An antibiotic should be given in exacerbations of COPD in patients with all three of the following symptoms: increased dyspnoea, sputum volume and sputum purulence. In addition, antibiotics should be considered for exacerbations in patients with severe COPD’ [C1].
