Sigurd Høye

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Antibiotikasenteret for primærmedisin

Avdeling for allmennmedisin

Universitetet i Oslo

Forfatterbidrag: idé, utvikling av spørreskjema, kvalitative analyser, tolking av resultater samt utarbeiding, revisjon og godkjenning av manuset.

Sigurd Høye er ph.d., allmennlege, leder for Antibiotikasenteret og førsteamanuensis.

Articles by Sigurd Høye

Don’t ask your doctor

Sigurd Høye

05.08.2014: I have often had to smile at the irony of the situation when patients fail to turn up for a consultation because they are ill. An even greater number ought to fail to turn up because they are well – well enough, that is. «Ask your doctor!» is repeated ad nauseam in TV commercials for prescription...

A slingshot rather than a cannon

Sigurd Høye

29.10.2013: Ceasing to prescribe antibiotics for mild respiratory tract infections is difficult. New treatment alternatives could make it easier. In an American study, general practitioners reduced their prescription rate for antibiotics for acute bronchitis from 74 % to 61 % (1). In many ways, this was an...