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Predictors For Antibiotic Prescribing In Patients With Exacerbations Of Copd In General Practice, Carles Llor, Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Malene Hansen, Gloria Córdoba, Eva Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Ruta Radzeviciene, Josep Cots, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Lidia Cabalelro
Predictors For Antibiotic Prescribing In Patients With Exacerbations Of Copd In General Practice, Carles Llor, Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Malene Hansen, Gloria Córdoba, Eva Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Ruta Radzeviciene, Josep Cots, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Lidia Cabalelro
Malene Hansen
Background: The aim of this study was to describe the antibiotic prescribing rate in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), to analyse predictors for antibiotic prescribing and to explore the influence of the use C-reactive protein (CRP) rapid test. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in January and February 2008 in primary care. General practitioners (GPs) from six countries (Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and Argentina) registered all patients with AECOPD during a 3-week period. A multilevel logistic regression model was estimated using two hierarchical levels, (i) patients and (ii) physicians, and was used to …