TY - JOUR T1 - Delayed antibiotic prescription did not delay recovery in children with respiratory tract infections JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322607 SP - edpract-2021-322607 AU - Eilidh Jane Stewart Y1 - 2021/08/19 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/18/archdischild-2021-322607.abstract N2 - Study design: Randomised clinical trial. Allocation: Centrally allocated via an online platform. Stratified by pathology and in blocks. Setting: 39 primary care centres in Spain. Patients: 436 children aged 2–14 years who presented to primary care with respiratory tract infections (RTIs). Intervention: Patients diagnosed with an acute RTI were given either immediate (IAP), none (NAP) or delayed (DAP) antibiotic prescriptions. Antibiotic type was decided on by the prescribing doctor. A structured approach was used to deliver parent/patient education on the natural history of the disease and those given delayed prescriptions were given clear instructions on when to consider using the antibiotics. Primary outcome: Symptom duration … ER -