Abstracts in Urgent Care: January, 2015

Fatigue and inappropriate antibiotic prescription Key point: As the day goes on, resistance to prescribe potentially inappropriate antibiotics seems to fade. Citation: Linder JA, Doctor JN, Friedberg MW, et al. Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Oct 6; doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5225. [Epub ahead of print]   Previous research has shown that resistance to making the easier choice tends to fade as fatigue increases. Physicians make many difficult decisions during …

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