期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2007
卷号：14
期号：02
页码：305-305
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：The objective of the study was the evaluation of the frequency of occurrence of
acute respiratory infections among rural population from the Lublin Region, and verifi cation
of the appropriateness of the use of antibiotics in empirical fi rst-line therapy of these
diseases. The analysis covered medical records concerning 1,839 patients selected from
27 rural health centres within the period of one year (1 September 2005–31 August 2006).
As many as 656 patient visits were recorded, the reasons for which were qualifi ed by
physicians as infections of the upper and lower airways. These disorders were diagnosed
in 450 patients, which constituted 24.46% of the population examined. The following
diagnoses were most frequently made: acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis (31.25% of the
total number of diagnoses), acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecifi ed
sites (22.25%), and common cold (21.64%). Antibiotics were used in empirical fi rst-line
therapy in as many as 82% of the total number of patients. The analysis showed that in the
great majority of cases the use of antibiotics was inappropriate. If this situation persists,
in the near future it will lead to an increase in the phenomenon of antibioticoresistance in
Poland. In order to prevent this situation, it is necessary to carry out an extensive educational
action concerning the hazardous effect of excessive use of antibiotics, both among
physicians and the whole society.
关键词：acute infections of airways, rural population, antibioticotherapy.
