Prescribing Patterns for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Prescription-Review of Primary Care Practice in Quetta, Pakistan and the Implications

• Main Authors: Hania Hashmi (Author), Nazeer Ahmad Sasoli (Author), Abdul Sadiq (Author), Abdul Raziq (Author), Fakhra Batool (Author), Shanaz Raza (Author), Qaiser Iqbal (Author), Sajjad Haider (Author), Syed Umer Jan (Author), Muhammad Alam Mengal (Author), Abdul Malik Tareen (Author), Adnan Khalid (Author), Fahad Saleem (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: To identify and address the potential overuse of antibiotics, it is important to ascertain the prescribing practices of physicians. We, therefore, conducted this prescription analysis to document URTI-specific antibiotic prescription frequency in a public primary healthcare setting of Qu...