ALLMedicine™ Acute Bronchitis Center

Aug 8th, 2021 - To determine the benefits and harms of discontinuing unnecessary antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated respiratory tract infections (RTI) when antibiotics are considered no longer necessary. Multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled clinical t...

Jun 1st, 2021 - Acute bronchitis is one of the most common pediatric diseases. In addition to conventional therapies, a frequent use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been stated. Anthroposophic medicine (AM) is one of the most practiced complem...

May 29th, 2021 - Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is one of the triggering factors toward death in children below the age of five years necessitating appropriate antibiotic selection. This study aimed to evaluate antibiotic use among hospitalized children ...

May 15th, 2021 - Antibiotics are frequently prescribed inappropriately for acute respiratory infections in the outpatient setting. We report the implementation of a multifaceted outpatient antimicrobial stewardship initiative resulting in a 12.3% absolute reductio...

May 12th, 2021 - Inappropriate prescribing for acute bronchitis in primary healthcare settings (PHSs) is commonly seen worldwide. Here we describe the prescribing patterns and antibiotic use for acute bronchitis in PHSs across China. We conduct a nationwide cross-...

Apr 6th, 2021 - Antimicrobial overuse is a major health care issue that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Such overuse includes unnecessarily long durations of antibiotic therapy in patients with common bacterial infections, such as acute bronchitis with chro...

Feb 25th, 2020 - Evidence for the diagnosis and management of cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients was reviewed as an update to the 2006 "Chronic Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis: American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Base...

Apr 5th, 2021 - An antibiotic course of 5 days is usually just as effective as longer courses but with fewer side effects and decreased overall antibiotic exposure for a number of common bacterial conditions, according to new clinical guidelines published today b...

Sep 11th, 2019 - According to recommendations by the CDC, routine treatment of uncomplicated acute bronchitis with antibiotics is not recommended, regardless of cough duration. Options for symptomatic therapy include the following: Cough suppressants First-generat...

Jul 16th, 2018 - Hello. I am Sarah Kabbani, a medical officer with the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the next few minutes, I will provide you with important information on fluoroquinolone prescribi...

Jun 8th, 2018 - Action Points Note that this observational study demonstrated that antibiotics continue to be commonly used (inappropriately) among individuals with acute respiratory infections. This data includes a high rate of antibiotic prescriptions among pat...

Jan 30th, 2018 - The highest rates of antibiotic prescriptions for any upper respiratory infection were for adults ages 40 to 64, and the rates increased from childhood through adulthood, even after adjusting for other confounders, researchers found. Rates of anti...