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12578153

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
The objectives of this prospective epidemiological study were to describe the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory tract infections by Finnish general practitioners and to compare current practice with national evidence-based guidelines. All patients (n = 4386) seeking primary care for a respiratory tract infection for the first time in 30 health centres during 1 week in November 1998 participated in the study. The main outcome measures were the amounts and types of diagnostic tests used and antimicrobials prescribed. Tympanometry was used in 1% of patients with acute otitis media. Ultrasonography, sinus radiography or both were used in 80% of cases of sinusitis and antigen detection or culture for Streptococci in 57% of throat infections. In acute bronchitis, a chest radiograph was taken in 5% of cases and the CRP level determined in 8%. The corresponding figures for pneumonia were 49% and 39%. In pneumonia and throat infection, diagnostic testing was statistically significantly associated with the use of antimicrobials, but not in otitis, sinusitis or acute bronchitis. Diagnostic tests were underused in respiratory tract infections compared to evidence-based recommendations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
827-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic tools in respiratory tract infections: use and comparison with Finnish guidelines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Pekka.Honkanen@Kemi.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study