Reducing antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care: a systematic review

Talley A Vodicka; Matthew Thompson; Patricia Lucas; Carl Heneghan; Peter S Blair; David I Buckley; Niamh M Redmond; Alastair D Hay

doi:10.3399/bjgp13X669167

Reducing antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care: a systematic review

Talley A Vodicka, Matthew Thompson, Patricia Lucas, Carl Heneghan, Peter S Blair, David I Buckley, Niamh M Redmond, Alastair D Hay

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Background Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children are common and often result in antibiotic prescription despite their typically self-limiting course. Aim To assess the effectiveness of primary care based interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing for children with RTIs. Design and setting Systematic review. Method MEDLINE(®), Embase, CINAHL(®), PsycINFO, and the Cochrane library were searched for randomised, cluster randomised, and non-randomised studies testing educational and/or behavioural interventions to change antibiotic prescribing for children (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	445-54
Number of pages	10
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	63
Issue number	612
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X669167
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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