Antibiotics for Respiratory Tract Infections

In this video Michael discusses the latest data surrounding each of these antibiotics and challenges commonly-held beliefs.

In most cases antibiotics will be prescribed for respiratory tract infections due to one of the reasons below:

• Symptom relief

• Avoid complications

• Patient pressure

Michael will go on to explain why clinicians overestimating patient demand is a significant problem and how this ignores patient’s holistic care needs.