Pharmacists prescribed 7 times more antibiotics than physicians did for query urinary tract infection
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Antibiotics for childhood urinary tract infection: can we be smarter?
tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial infection of children, with a study published only 2 months ago showing the prevalence of UTI to be around 6% in preschool children presenting unwell to primary care. 1 Accurate and timely diagnosis is important in children because appropriate treatment may alleviate suffering and help prevent long-term sequelae such as renal scarring, poor renal grow...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1715-1635,1913-701X
DOI: 10.1177/1715163519866223