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Take-and-Hold Prescriptions for Children with Respiratory Tract Infections Decrease Antibiotic Use with Similar Outcomes.

Allen F. Shaughnessy

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A strategy of providing education about the natural history of respiratory symptoms in children combined with giving a take-and-hold prescription (to be filled only if symptoms persisted) resulted in one in four of those children eventually receiving an antibiotic.

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A strategy of providing education about the natural history of respiratory symptoms in children combined with giving a take-and-hold prescription (to be filled only if symptoms persisted) resulted in one in four of those children eventually receiving an antibiotic.

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A strategy of providing education about the natural history of respiratory symptoms in children combined with giving a take-and-hold prescription (to be filled only if symptoms persisted) resulted in one in four of those children eventually receiving an antibiotic.

Key concepts: Medicine, Medical prescription, Respiratory tract infections, Antibiotics, Natural history, Intensive care medicine, Respiratory system, Pediatrics

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