If you've caught the flu, you might think that to get over it you should be laying low for a few days, drinking lots of fluids, and letting it pass out of your system.
However, if you've gone to the doctors office, you might be prescribed antibiotics.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Atlanta (CDC), 14,487 patients with the flu were given antibiotic prescriptions and 56 percent of those prescriptions were for broad-spectrum antibiotics.
The report also found that the prescribing patterns showed that narrow-spectrum antibiotics were prescribed to around 60 percent of pediatric patients, compared with more than 20 percent of adults, and the broad-spectrum antibiotic macrolides were prescribed to nearly 50 percent of adults, but only about 20 percent of children.
Listen in as Kevin Klauer, DO, shares why there's an overuse of antibiotics, as well as if this overuse can cause more health issues.
Overuse of Antibiotics
How can overuse of antibiotics cause more harm than good?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 5
- Audio File: ER_101/1546er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Kevin Klauer, DO
- Guest Website: Emergency Care For You
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Guest Bio:
Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, is Chief Medical Officer–Emergency Medicine and Chief Risk Officer for TeamHealth as well as the Executive Director of the TeamHealth Patient Safety Organization. He is an assistant clinical professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Klauer served as editor-in-chief for Emergency Physicians Monthly publication for five years and is the co-author of two risk management books: Emergency Medicine Bouncebacks: Medical and Legal and Risk Management and the Emergency Department: Executive Leadership for Protecting Patients and Hospitals. Dr. Klauer also serves as Speaker of the ACEP Council. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Host: Leigh Vinocur, MD
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