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Best management of patients with an acute sore throat - a critical analysis of current evidence and a consensus of experts from different countries and traditions
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- Gunnarsson, Ronny K, 1955 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,CARe - Centrum för antibiotikaresistensforskning,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,Centre for antibiotic resistance research, CARe
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Ebell, M. (author)
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Centor, R. (author)
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Little, P. (author)
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Verheij, T. (author)
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Lindbaek, M. (author)
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- Sundvall, Pär-Daniel (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,CARe - Centrum för antibiotikaresistensforskning,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Centre for antibiotic resistance research, CARe,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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- 2023-03-27
- 2023
- English.
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In: Infectious Diseases. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2374-4235 .- 2374-4243. ; 55:6, s. 384-395
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Abstract
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- BackgroundThere is a very large body of publications discussing the management of patients with an acute sore throat. Advocates for a restrictive antibiotic policy and advocates for a more liberal use of antibiotics emphasise different and valid arguments and to date have not been able to unite in a consensus. Contradicting guidelines based on the same body of knowledge is not logical, may cause confusion and cause unwanted variation in clinical management.MethodsIn multiple video meetings and email correspondence from March to November 2022 and finally in a workshop at the annual meeting for the North American Primary Care Group in November 2022, experts from different countries representing different traditions agreed on how the current evidence should be interpreted.ResultsThis critical analysis identifies that the problem can be resolved by introducing a new triage scheme considering both the acute risk for suppurative complications and sepsis as well as the long-term risk of developing rheumatic fever.ConclusionsThe new triage scheme may solve the long-standing problem of advocating for a restrictive use of antibiotics while also satisfying concerns that critically ill patients might be missed with severe consequences. We acknowledge that the perspective of this problem is vastly different between high- and low-income countries. Furthermore, we discuss the new trend which allows nurses and pharmacists to independently manage these patients and the increased need for safety netting required for such management.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Allmänmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- General Practice (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Pharyngitis
- signs and symptoms
- triage
- antimicrobial stewardship
- point-of-care testing
- guidelines as topic
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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