ALLMedicine™ Pharyngitis Center

Aug 16th, 2022 - To determine whether a clinician-directed acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) intervention was associated with improved antibiotic prescribing and patient outcomes across a large US healthcare system. Multicenter retrospective quasi-experiment...

Aug 14th, 2022 - There has been an alarming rise in human monkeypox cases during these past few months in countries where the disease is not endemic. The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the connection of the monkeypox virus with the smallpox-causing Variola virus mak...

Aug 11th, 2022 - Previous studies have reported high rates of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in urgent care (UC). Specific prescribing patterns for the most common diagnoses are not known. The aim of the study is to determine the diagnoses for which antibi...

Aug 9th, 2022 - Many antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) focus on decreasing unnecessary antibiotics. We describe the impact of an outpatient ASP on choice, dose, and duration of antibiotics when used for common infections in pediatric urgent care (PUC) cen...

Aug 5th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Meningococcemia is a bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Its wide variety of acute presentations result from its ability to produce diffuse endovascular damage. Chronic meningococcemia is an infrequent...

Mar 29th, 2014 - Several guidelines for the management of respiratory tract infections in children are available in Italy, as well as in other European countries and the United States of America. However, poor adherence to guidelines and the sustained inappropriat...

Nov 20th, 2013 - Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and require no antibiotics. This clinical report focuses on antibiotic prescribing strategies for bacterial upper respiratory tract infections, including acute otitis media, acute bacte...

Oct 24th, 2012 - The guideline is intended for use by healthcare providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The guideline updates the 2002 Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline and discusses diagnosis and...

Jul 28th, 2022 - The aim of this study is to collect data on the clinical effectiveness and tolerability of Ectoin® Mouth and Throat Spray Althaea Honey (ERS09) compared to the well-established comparator spray EMSER® Hals- und Rachenspray (both medical devices) i...

Jul 20th, 2022 - 107 pediatricians among the 1400 members of the French ambulatory pediatric association, AFPA (Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire) were involved in this survey.To belong to the PARI network, pediatricians have to use the same software,...

Jul 11th, 2022 - Introduction: Acute pharyngitis (AP) is a commonly diagnosed condition in the Emergency Departments (ED). In the United States (USA), there are approximately 12 million visits to health institutions due to acute pharyngitis(1). It is defined as an...

May 26th, 2022 - The primary objective of this study is to establish the non-inferiority in vertebral compression fracture (VCF) incidence at 6 months between single-fraction and two-fraction sSRS. Other objectives are to to evaluate the 12-month impact of single-...

May 24th, 2022 - Comprehensive outpatient treatment was based on standard clinical guidelines, and symptomatic treatment was performed. On the first day of diagnosis, patients were prescribed complex antibacterial therapy on the basis of possible causative agents....

May 2nd, 2022 - Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have an increased risk of vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE) after exposure to corticosteroids, according to a French population-based study. Those taking systemic corticosteroids were nearly four times more like...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Key clinical point: Sinusitis, pharyngitis, and acute respiratory burden all raised the likelihood of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Major finding: Acute sinusitis (odds ratio [OR], 1.

Sep 14th, 2021 - In North America and Europe, penicillin allergy is the most common drug-allergy label. 1 Carrying a penicillin-allergy label, which has recently gained more attention in health care systems, leads to suboptimal outcomes, increased use of broad-spec.

Aug 31st, 2021 - Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD Identifying risk factors for onset of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a major unmet need. Comparing potential risk factors for the diagnosis of PsA, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is of in.

Aug 28th, 2021 - Key clinical point: A previous diagnosis of gout, uveitis, metabolic and lifestyle factors like obesity, alcohol consumption, and infections like pharyngitis and skin infections were potential risk factors for psoriatic arthritis (PsA), whereas st.