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Table 1 Frequency of diagnoses

From: Influence of patient symptoms and physical findings on general practitioners' treatment of respiratory tract infections: a direct observation study

Diagnoses

No. of patients

(% of 273 patients)

URTI/common cold

117

(42.9)

Bronchitis

70

(25.6)

Sinusitis

33

(12.1)

Tonsillitis

30

(11.0)

Acute exacerbation chronic lung diseases

24

(8.8)

Otitis media

17

(6.3)

Laryngitis

12

(4.4)

Other

16

(5.9)

  1. (multiple diagnoses possible, URTI = upper respiratory tract infection)