Diagnosis and Management of Pharyngitis in a Pediatric Population Based on Cost-Effectiveness and Projected Health Outcomes

Pharyngitis is a common childhood complaint. Current management for children and adolescents includes 1 of 6 strategies, ie, (1) observe without testing or treatment, (2) treat all suspected cases with an antibiotic, (3) treat those with positive throat cultures, (4) treat those with positive rapid...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2006-03, Vol.117 (3), p.609-619
Hauptverfasser:	Van Howe, Robert S, Kusnier, Louis P., II
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Care and treatment Child Child health Children Children & youth Company pricing policy Cost of Illness Cost-Benefit Analysis Decision Support Techniques Diagnosis Drug therapy General aspects Health aspects Health Care Costs Health risk assessment Humans Medical care, Cost of Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Miscellaneous Otolaryngology Pediatrics Peritonsillar Abscess - etiology Pharyngitis Pharyngitis - complications Pharyngitis - diagnosis Pharyngitis - drug therapy Pharyngitis - economics Pharynx - microbiology Prices and rates Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality-Adjusted Life Years Rheumatic fever Rheumatic Fever - economics Rheumatic Fever - etiology Sore throat Streptococcal Infections - complications Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy Streptococcal Infections - economics Streptococcus Streptococcus pyogenes Throat United States
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