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Predictors of poor outcome and benefits from antibiotics in children with acute otitis media: pragmatic randomised trialPaul Little
Community Clinical Sciences Primary Medical Care Group, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO15 6ST
BMJ 325:22; discussion 22. 2002..To identify which children with acute otitis media are at risk of poor outcome and to assess benefit from antibiotics in these children...- Consultations for middle ear disease, antibiotic prescribing and risk factors for reattendance: a case-linked cohort studyIan Williamson
Department of Primary Medical Care, Community Clinical Science Division, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton
Br J Gen Pract 56:170-5. 2006..Otitis media is the most common reason for children to receive antibiotics, but there is no evidence about the effect of prescribing on reattendance... 
Acute sinusitis: which factors do FPs believe are most diagnostic and best predict antibiotic efficacy?I Williamson
Department of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Close, Southampton SO16 5ST, Hants, UK
J Fam Pract 55:789-96. 2006
The rocky road to rational prescribingIan Williamson
University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, School of Medicine, Aldermoor Close, Southampton, UK
Vaccine 26:G11-5. 2008..There is a need to further educate the public in order to 'demedicalize' this common disease. Effective vaccination is also an important component of optimal management...- Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis mediaP Little
Community Clinical Sciences Primary Medical Care Group, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO15 6ST
BMJ 322:336-42. 2001..To compare immediate with delayed prescribing of antibiotics for acute otitis media... - Preferences of patients for patient centred approach to consultation in primary care: observational studyP Little
Primary Medical Care Group, Community Clinical Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK
BMJ 322:468-72. 2001..Doctors should be sensitive to patients who have a strong preference for patient centredness-those vulnerable either psychosocially or because they are feeling unwell... - Psychosocial, lifestyle, and health status variables in predicting high attendance among adultsP Little
Primary Medical Care Group, Aldemoor Health Centre, Southampton
Br J Gen Pract 51:987-94. 2001..Most quantitative studies have concentrated on very high attenders--not those attending five or more times a year, who are responsible for most (60%) consultations--and have assessed neither the role of lifestyle nor patients' attitudes... - Family influences in a cross-sectional survey of higher child attendanceP Little
Primary Medical Care Group, Aldemoor Health Centre, Southampton
Br J Gen Pract 51:977-81, 984. 2001..A quarter of all consultations are for children, but there is little quantitative evidence documenting what parental factors are important in the decision to consult... - Observational study of effect of patient centredness and positive approach on outcomes of general practice consultationsP Little
Primary Medical Care Group, Community Clinical Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, Southhampton University, Southampton SO165ST
BMJ 323:908-11. 2001..To measure patients' perceptions of patient centredness and the relation of these perceptions to outcomes... - Otitis media with effusion: the long and winding road?Ian Williamson
University of Southampton, Community Clinical Science Division, Medical Faculty, Aldermoor Close, Southampton SO16 5ST, UK
Arch Dis Child 93:268-9. 2008 - Predicting the duration of symptoms in lower respiratory tract infectionMichael Moore
University of Southampton, Division of Community Clinical Sciences, Southampton, SO16 5ST
Br J Gen Pract 58:88-92. 2008..Antibiotic treatment makes little or no difference to the duration of cough. Limited information is currently available regarding predictors of illness duration... - Effect of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet on longer-term reconsultation for acute lower respiratory tract infectionMichael Moore
Division of Community Clinical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton
Br J Gen Pract 59:728-34. 2009..Limited evidence suggests that delayed prescribing may influence future consultation behaviour... - Topical intranasal corticosteroids in 4-11 year old children with persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion in primary care: double blind randomised placebo controlled trialIan Williamson
Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST
BMJ 339:b4984. 2009..To determine the clinical effectiveness of topical intranasal corticosteroids in children with bilateral otitis media with effusion... - Longer term outcomes from a randomised trial of prescribing strategies in otitis mediaPaul Little
Community Clinical Sciences Primary Medical Care Group, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton
Br J Gen Pract 56:176-82. 2006..There are limited data about the longer-term outcomes in acute otitis media (AOM) when comparing the realistic alternatives of immediate prescription of antibiotics and a 'wait and see' or delayed prescribing policy... - Information leaflet and antibiotic prescribing strategies for acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized controlled trialPaul Little
Primary Medical Care Group, University of Southampton, Highfield, England
JAMA 293:3029-35. 2005..Acute lower respiratory tract infection is the most common condition treated in primary care. Many physicians still prescribe antibiotics; however, systematic reviews of the use of antibiotics are small and have diverse conclusions... - Antibiotic prescribing and admissions with major suppurative complications of respiratory tract infections: a data linkage studyPaul Little
Community Clinical Sciences Primary Medical Care Group, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Aldermoor Close
Br J Gen Pract 52:187-90, 193. 2002..Systematic reviews of antibiotic treatment of common acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) suggest modest symptomatic benefit, but provide limited evidence that prescribing prevents complications... - A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of topical intranasal corticosteroids in 4- to 11-year-old children with persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion in primary careI Williamson
Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, UK
Health Technol Assess 13:1-144. 2009..To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of topical mometasone in children with bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME)... - Randomised controlled trial of self management leaflets and booklets for minor illness provided by postP Little
Primary Medical Care Group, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton SO16 5ST
BMJ 322:1214-6, 1217. 2001..To assess the effectiveness of providing information by post about managing minor illnesses. Design: Randomised controlled trial... - A video-based performance in noise test for measuring audio-visual disability in young school children: test development, with validation by trained teachers, parents and audiometry as relative standards for disabilityI Williamson
Primary Medical Care Group, School of Medicine, Aldermoor Health Centre, University of Southampton, UK
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 49:127-33. 1999..The effects of speech in noise and the extent to which this is offset by speech reading contribute important dimensions to disability... - Validation study of a diary for use in acute lower respiratory tract infectionL Watson
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Fam Pract 18:553-4. 2001..This instrument could be used as a routine measure of LRTi in further research in both primary and secondary care... - Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient dataJim Young
Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Lancet 371:908-14. 2008..We undertook a meta-analysis of randomised trials based on individual patients' data to assess whether common signs and symptoms can be used to identify a subgroup of patients who benefit from antibiotics...