Background: The indiscriminate use of cough and cold medicines (CCMs) in children has become a public health concern. The study evaluates the prescription pattern of CCMs in primary care setting. Methods: Analysis of CCMs prescription data among children aged 12 years and below who had participated in the National Medical Care Survey (NMCS) 2010. Data was extracted from NMCS 2010, a cross-sectional survey on the primary healthcare service which was carried out from December 2009 to April 2010 in public and private primary care clinics in Malaysia
Aim: Fever in children, a mostly benign and self-limiting illness, is often viewed with consternatio...
Objective: To quantify the extent and types of minor ailments in children that were presented at com...
This study is conducted to find out the prescription practices of different broad-spectrum antibioti...
AbstractBackground: Concerns over inappropriate use of cough and cold medication (CCM) in children h...
This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted in MMCH and CBMCB during the period fro...
Our aim was to construct and test an intervention programme to eradicate cough and cold medicine (CC...
Objective: Despite the national/international warnings and little evidence as to whether over-the-co...
textabstractAIM: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of national and international warn...
Real-world management decisions for acute cough in children in primary care practice are not well un...
Introduction: Cough is an important contributor to the health burden of children and their families....
ObjectiveWe sought to describe the epidemiology of viral respiratory-tract infections and patterns i...
Objective To examine trends in prescription of cough medicines over the period 2002 to 2015 in chil...
Aims: Based on concerns about safety and efficacy, international authorities have either advised aga...
Objective: Despite the national/international warnings and little evidence as to whether over-the-co...
Introduction: Children comprise a large percentage of the population in developing countries and are...
Aim: Fever in children, a mostly benign and self-limiting illness, is often viewed with consternatio...
Objective: To quantify the extent and types of minor ailments in children that were presented at com...
This study is conducted to find out the prescription practices of different broad-spectrum antibioti...
AbstractBackground: Concerns over inappropriate use of cough and cold medication (CCM) in children h...
This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted in MMCH and CBMCB during the period fro...
Our aim was to construct and test an intervention programme to eradicate cough and cold medicine (CC...
Objective: Despite the national/international warnings and little evidence as to whether over-the-co...
textabstractAIM: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of national and international warn...
Real-world management decisions for acute cough in children in primary care practice are not well un...
Introduction: Cough is an important contributor to the health burden of children and their families....
ObjectiveWe sought to describe the epidemiology of viral respiratory-tract infections and patterns i...
Objective To examine trends in prescription of cough medicines over the period 2002 to 2015 in chil...
Aims: Based on concerns about safety and efficacy, international authorities have either advised aga...
Objective: Despite the national/international warnings and little evidence as to whether over-the-co...
Introduction: Children comprise a large percentage of the population in developing countries and are...
Aim: Fever in children, a mostly benign and self-limiting illness, is often viewed with consternatio...
Objective: To quantify the extent and types of minor ailments in children that were presented at com...
This study is conducted to find out the prescription practices of different broad-spectrum antibioti...