caa a22 4500 39749923X CHVBK 20180308164528.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199506 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.2.166 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.2.166 Antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections in New Zealand [Elektronische Daten] [Anne McGregor, Susan Dovey, Murray Tilyard] Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are a common reason for presentation to general practitioners. The current study used computerised consultation records of 100 222 patients from 17 general practices in New Zealand for the 12-month period 1 July 1991-30 June 1992. URTIs were noted in 8.9% of all consultations: 44.1% of cases were children aged less than 10 years. Females presented more frequently than males for all ages above five years. Fifteen different antibiotics were prescribed for URTIs, but in 22.5% of cases no antibiotic was prescribed. There was no statistically significant difference in the likelihood of a successful outcome with or without antibiotic therapy (χ2 = 0.76, P > 0.05). The treatment failure profile of some antibiotics highlights the need for more prescriber education, especially as the range of medications available for general practitioner prescribing increases. © Oxford University Press Prescribing nationallicence McGregor Anne RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Dovey Susan RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Tilyard Murray RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/2(1995-06), 166-170 0263-2136 12:2<166 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.2.166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.2.166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McGregor Anne RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dovey Susan RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tilyard Murray RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/2(1995-06), 166-170 0263-2136 12:2<166 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford