20 results for antibiotics in Recommendations

  • Emergency Medicine - Recommendations

    …antibiotics are an effective alternative to immediate antibiotics to reduce antibiotic use. Inappropriate administration of antibiotics can expose patients to unnecessary risks (i.e., allergies, rash and diarrhea), and increase overall…

  • Otolaryngology - Recommendations

    …treatment of acute tympanostomy tube otorrhea (TTO) and acute otitis externa (AOE) when compared to oral antibiotics. For these reasons, topical antibiotics rather than oral antibiotics should be prescribed as…

  • Hospital Dentistry - Recommendations

    …antibiotics may be prescribed in addition to drainage of the abscess. When antibiotics are used, consider strategies such as delayed prescriptions and/or shortened durations with reassessment for antibiotic resistance risk…

  • Dermatology - Recommendations

    …on diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment. J Cutan Med Surg. 2017 Nov/Dec;21(6):525–539. PMID: 28639462. Don’t use oral antibiotics for acne vulgaris for more than 3 months without assessing efficacy. Antibiotics are…

  • Respiratory Medicine - Recommendations

    …from an infectious illness, and when cough does not resolve within their expected time frame, may request antibiotics. The average duration of cough (not treated with antibiotics) is around 18…

  • Nursing - Recommendations

    …genitourinary tract. Over-testing and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria with antibiotics lead to an increased risk of diarrhea and infection with Clostridium difficile. Overuse of antibiotics contributes to increasing antimicrobial resistance. The…

  • Infectious Disease - Recommendations

    …Don’t routinely use antibiotics other than amoxicillin in the treatment of children with presumed community-acquired pneumonia (in the outpatient setting). Preschool-aged children with CAP (community acquired pneumonia) frequently do not…

  • Family Medicine - Recommendations

    …ASB and altered mental state, antibiotics should be avoided without clear signs/symptoms of infection.   Sources: Young J, Pasay D, Allan G M. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: Don’t drug…

  • Burns - Recommendations

    Burns Burns Burns Burns Burns Recommendations Eleven Tests and Treatments to Question Burns Canada Do not administer prophylactic antibiotics to patients presenting with acute burn injuries. The available evidence does…

  • Allergy & Clinical Immunology - Recommendations

    …Thoracic Society 2012 guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Can Respir J. 2012;19(2):127-164. PMID: 22536582. Don’t prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated acute rhinosinusitis. Viral infections…

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