Table 1.
Hospital discharge diagnoses in the 30 days post-recruitment for children who were and were not prescribed an antibiotic at the baseline general practice consultation
| Hospital diagnosis | Number of children | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | Delayed | Not prescribed | Total | |
| Bronchiolitis | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| LRTI | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| URTI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Exacerbation of asthma | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Tonsillitis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Viral wheeze | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Unspecified viral illness | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Chest infection | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bronchiolitis and bronchitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LRTI/viral pneumonitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pyrexia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| URTI and febrile convulsions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| No record | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 40 | 65 |
LRTI = lower respiratory tract infection. URTI = upper respiratory tract infection.