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Acute asthma patients often are given unnecessary antibiotics in the ED, according to new research. Researchers used data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Emergency Department Safety Study and found that about 20% of acute asthma visits resulted in an antibiotic prescription.

Study: ED asthma patients get needless antibiotics