Article: The Role of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Testing in Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections: A Survey among Swiss General Practitioners.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
2022 Volume 11, Issue 5
Abstract: ... a nationwide prospective web-based survey to explore: (1) The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) point-of-care ...
Abstract | Understanding the decision-making strategies of general practitioners (GPs) could help reduce suboptimal antibiotic prescribing. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the most common reason for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in primary care, a key driver of antibiotic resistance (ABR). We conducted a nationwide prospective web-based survey to explore: (1) The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) point-of-care testing (POCT) on antibiotic prescribing decision-making for RTIs using case vignettes; and (2) the knowledge, attitudes and barriers/facilitators of antibiotic prescribing using deductive analysis. Most GPs (92-98%) selected CRP-POCT alone or combined with other diagnostics. GPs would use lower CRP cut-offs to guide prescribing for (more) severe RTIs than for uncomplicated RTIs. Intermediate CRP ranges were significantly wider for uncomplicated than for (more) severe RTIs ( |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-04-19 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2681345-2 |
ISSN | 2079-6382 |
ISSN | 2079-6382 |
DOI | 10.3390/antibiotics11050543 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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