Fact Based List:
National Physicians Alliance: The Top 5 Ways To Improve Primary Care; Pediatrics
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:29
- Don’t prescribe antibiotics for a sore throat unless the patient tests positive for strep.
- Don’t obtain diagnostic images for minor head injuries without loss of consciousness or other risk factors.
- Don’t refer patients to a specialist for fluid behind the eardrum in the middle ear early on unless there are other red flags (such as learning problems or structural problems).
- Advise patients not to use cough and cold medicines.
- Use inhaled corticosteroids to control asthma appropriately.
Source: National Physicians Alliance, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, May 23, 2011
Source URL: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/archinternmed...
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