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"It's safer to …" parent consulting and clinician antibiotic prescribing decisions for children with respiratory tract infections: An analysis across four qualitative studies

scientific article published on 16 May 2015

"They just say everything's a virus"--parent's judgment of the credibility of clinician communication in primary care consultations for respiratory tract infections in children: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

A systematic review of parent and clinician views and perceptions that influence prescribing decisions in relation to acute childhood infections in primary care

scientific article

Adherence to antihypertensive medication assessed by self-report was associated with electronic monitoring compliance

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Adjunctive clindamycin for cellulitis: a clinical trial comparing flucloxacillin with or without clindamycin for the treatment of limb cellulitis

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

Anaesthetic-analgesic ear drops to reduce antibiotic consumption in children with acute otitis media: the CEDAR RCT

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Antibiotic prescribing in primary care

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Antibiotic prescribing quality for children in primary care: an observational study

scientific article

Antibiotic prescription strategies for acute sore throat: a prospective observational cohort study

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Antibiotics for acute cough in primary care

scientific article published on 5 May 2009

Antibiotics for childhood urinary tract infection: can we be smarter?

scientific article published in April 2013

Antipyretic drugs for children

scientific article published on July 2006

Are topical antibiotics an alternative to oral antibiotics for children with acute otitis media and ear discharge?

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Best emollients for eczema (BEE) - comparing four types of emollients in children with eczema: protocol for randomised trial and nested qualitative study

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Can 88% of patients with acute lower respiratory infection all be special?

scientific article published on February 2014

Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care? Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Can we identify older people most vulnerable to living in cold homes during winter?

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Child and adolescent musculoskeletal pain (CAM-Pain) feasibility study: testing a method of identifying, recruiting and collecting data from children and adolescents who consult about a musculoskeletal condition in UK general practice.

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Childhood urinary tract infection in primary care: a prospective observational study of prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery

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Clinical presentation and microbiological diagnosis in paediatric respiratory tract infection: a systematic review

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Community paediatric respiratory infection surveillance study protocol: a feasibility, prospective inception cohort study

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Comparing GPs’ antibiotic prescribing decisions to a clinical prediction rule: an online vignette study

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of microbiological diagnosis of urinary tract infection in young children by routine health service laboratories and a research laboratory: Diagnostic cohort study

scientific article

Comparison of risk factors for, and prevalence of, antibiotic resistance in contaminating and pathogenic urinary Escherichia coli in children in primary care: prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Complementary or alternative? The use of homeopathic products and antibiotics amongst pre-school children

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Corticosteroids for acute and subacute cough following respiratory tract infection: a systematic review

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 January 2019

Development and internal validation of a clinical rule to improve antibiotic use in children presenting to primary care with acute respiratory tract infection and cough: a prognostic cohort study

scientific article published on September 2016

Development of an intervention to reduce antibiotic use for childhood coughs in UK primary care using critical synthesis of multi-method research

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Digital Health Interventions for People With Type 2 Diabetes to Develop Self-Care Expertise, Adapt to Identity Changes, and Influence Other's Perception: Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Digital interventions for parents of acutely ill children and their treatment-seeking behaviour: a systematic review

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Does cranberry extract reduce antibiotic use for symptoms of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections (CUTI)? Protocol for a feasibility study

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Does locally relevant, real-time infection epidemiological data improve clinician management and antimicrobial prescribing in primary care? A systematic review

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Duration of symptoms of respiratory tract infections in children: systematic review

scientific article

Early use of Antibiotics for at Risk CHildren with InfluEnza (ARCHIE): protocol for a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article

Economic analysis of oral dexamethasone for symptom relief of sore throat: the UK TOAST study.

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Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Effect of Oral Dexamethasone Without Immediate Antibiotics vs Placebo on Acute Sore Throat in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on April 2017

Effect of Oral Prednisolone on Symptom Duration and Severity in Nonasthmatic Adults With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in community-resident adults: a controlled observational study

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Effectiveness and safety of electronically delivered prescribing feedback and decision support on antibiotic use for respiratory illness in primary care: REDUCE cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Efficacy, safety and impact on antimicrobial resistance of duration and dose of amoxicillin treatment for young children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: a protocol for a randomIsed controlled Trial (CAP-IT).

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Electronically delivered interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: cluster RCT using electronic health records and cohort study

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Electronically delivered, multicomponent intervention to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: a cluster randomised trial using electronic health records-REDUCE Trial study original protocol

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Empiric antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection in preschool children: susceptibilities of urine sample isolates.

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Exploring the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for common respiratory tract infections in UK primary care

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Factors influencing parents' decision-making when sending children with respiratory tract infections to nursery

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Faecal carriage of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli in asymptomatic children and associations with primary care antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a within-consultation intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for children presenting to primary care with acute respiratory tract infection and cough

scientific article published on 09 May 2017

Global prevalence of antibiotic resistance in paediatric urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli and association with routine use of antibiotics in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis

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HATRIC: a study of Pelargonium sidoides root extract EPs®7630 (Kaloba®) for the treatment of acute cough due to lower respiratory tract infection in adults-study protocol for a double blind, placebo-controlled randomised feasibility trial

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

How best to diagnose urinary tract infection in preschool children in primary care? ⬇️

scientific article published on October 25, 2011

How communication affects prescription decisions in consultations for acute illness in children: a systematic review and meta-ethnography

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Immediate oral versus immediate topical versus delayed oral antibiotics for children with acute otitis media with discharge: the REST three-arm non-inferiority electronic platform-supported RCT

scientific article published in 2021

Impact of antibiotics for children presenting to general practice with cough on adverse outcomes: secondary analysis from a multicentre prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Young Children in Primary Care: Results from the DUTY Prospective Diagnostic Cohort Study.

scientific article published on July 2016

Influence of Clinical Communication on Parents' Antibiotic Expectations for Children With Respiratory Tract Infections

scientific article published on March 2016

Influence of the duration of penicillin prescriptions on outcomes for acute sore throat in adults: the DESCARTE prospective cohort study in UK general practice

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Interactive booklet reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in children, but not parent satisfaction

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Interventions to influence consulting and antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Long-term outcomes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in Childhood (LUCI): protocol for an electronic record-linked cohort study.

scientific article published on 20 April 2019

Managing UTI in primary care: should we be sending midstream urine samples?

scientific article published on July 2010

Managing infectious disease in primary care: using real-time syndromic and microbiological surveillance

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Measuring the financial burden of acute cough in pre-school children: a cost of illness study

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Medicine dosing by weight in the home: can parents accurately weigh preschool children? A method comparison study

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Montelukast for postinfectious cough in adults: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

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Nappy pad urine samples for investigation and treatment of UTI in young children: the 'DUTY' prospective diagnostic cohort study.

scientific article published on July 2016

Oral corticosteroid use for clinical and cost-effective symptom relief of sore throat: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, alone or combined, for pain relief in acute otitis media in children.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children (PITCH): economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 09 September 2008

Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children (PITCH): randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 2 September 2008

Parent views on the content and potential impact of respiratory tract infection surveillance information: semistructured interviews to inform future research

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Parental and clinician agreement of illness severity in children with RTIs: secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Parents' information needs, self-efficacy and influences on consulting for childhood respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study

scientific article

Parents' preferences for nursery care when children are unwell: a discrete choice experiment

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Population-based paediatric respiratory infection surveillance: a prospective inception feasibility cohort study

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Post-consultation illness trajectories in children with acute cough and respiratory tract infection: prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Potential for reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in English primary care

scientific article published in February 2018

Predictors of suppurative complications for acute sore throat in primary care: prospective clinical cohort study.

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Primary care clinician antibiotic prescribing decisions in consultations for children with RTIs: a qualitative interview study

scientific article published on 7 February 2016

Primary care clinicians' views of paediatric respiratory infection surveillance information to inform clinical decision-making: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Primary care research--an international responsibility

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Probability of sepsis after infection consultations in primary care in the United Kingdom in 2002-2017: Population-based cohort study and decision analytic model

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Prospective Study of the Performance of Parent-Collected Nasal and Saliva Swab Samples, Compared with Nurse-Collected Swab Samples, for the Molecular Detection of Respiratory Microorganisms

scientific article published on 10 November 2021

Reducing Primary Care Attendance Intentions for Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infections

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

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

scientific article

Relationship between medication adherence and blood pressure in primary care: prospective study

scientific article published on 16 March 2006

Relationship between microbiology of throat swab and clinical course among primary care patients with acute cough: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in the Community: Prospective Online Inception Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Respiratory infections in children: an appropriateness study of when parents should home care or seek medical help

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

Respiratory tract infections and gut microbiome modifications: A systematic review

scientific article published on 13 January 2022

Risk factors for community-acquired respiratory infections in a non-pandemic context: Secondary analysis of the PRIMIT study

scientific article published in 2022

Safety of reduced antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: cohort study using electronic health records.

scientific article published on 04 July 2016

Serious bacterial infections and antibiotic prescribing in primary care: cohort study using electronic health records in the UK

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Symptom response to antibiotic prescribing strategies in acute sore throat in adults: the DESCARTE prospective cohort study in UK general practice

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Temporal growth and geographic variation in the use of laboratory tests by NHS general practices: using routine data to identify research priorities.

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The CHICO (Children's Cough) Trial protocol: a feasibility randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to improve the management of children presenting to primary care with acute respirator

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The Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Young Children (DUTY) Study Clinical Rule: Economic Evaluation

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The Diagnosis of Urinary Tract infection in Young children (DUTY): a diagnostic prospective observational study to derive and validate a clinical algorithm for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children presenting to primary care with an a

scientific article published on July 2016

The TARGET cohort study protocol: a prospective primary care cohort study to derive and validate a clinical prediction rule to improve the targeting of antibiotics in children with respiratory tract illnesses

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The diagnosis of urinary tract infections in young children (DUTY): protocol for a diagnostic and prospective observational study to derive and validate a clinical algorithm for the diagnosis of UTI in children presenting to primary care with an acu

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The duration of acute cough in pre-school children presenting to primary care: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on December 2003

The feasibility of measuring calprotectin from a throat swab as a marker of infections caused by group A streptococcus: a case-control feasibility study

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

The frequency distribution of presenting symptoms in children aged six months to six years to primary care

scientific article published on April 2011

The inter-observer agreement of examining pre-school children with acute cough: a nested study

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The prevalence of symptoms and consultations in pre-school children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a prospective cohort study

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The relationship between primary care antibiotic prescribing and bacterial resistance in adults in the community: a controlled observational study using individual patient data

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The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice.

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Throat swabs in children with respiratory tract infection: associations with clinical presentation and potential targets for point-of-care testing

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

Towards a better understanding of patients' perspectives of antibiotic resistance and MRSA: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Understanding the influence of parent-clinician communication on antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care: a qualitative observational study using a conversation analysis approach

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Use of antibiotics and asthma medication for acute lower respiratory tract infections in people with and without asthma: retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

Use of primary care data to predict those most vulnerable to cold weather: a case-crossover analysis.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Using qualitative research to inform development of a diagnostic algorithm for UTI in children

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Uva-ursi extract and ibuprofen as alternative treatments for uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women (ATAFUTI): a factorial randomized trial

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Uva-ursi extract and ibuprofen as alternative treatments of adult female urinary tract infection (ATAFUTI): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

What factors influence prognosis in children with acute cough and respiratory tract infection in primary care?

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

What gives rise to clinician gut feeling, its influence on management decisions and its prognostic value for children with RTI in primary care: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

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