What is the optimal strategy for managing primary care patients with an uncomplicated acute sore throat? Comparing the consequences of nine different strategies using a compilation of previous studies.

Ronny K GunnarssonUlrich OrdaBradley ElliottClare HealChris Del Mar

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Patients with high or low risk for ARF needs to be managed very differently. POCT can play an important role in safely targeting the use of antibiotics for patients with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat.

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