jerry submitted, created time 7 months 3 weeks (student.bmj.com)

This study was performed to ascertain whether penicillin prescribed by a general practitioner before admission to hospital improved children’s outcomes.
Children who were given parenteral penicillin by a general practitioner had more severe disease on reaching hospital than those who were not given penicillin before admission. The association with poor outcome may be because children who are more severely ill are being given penicillin before admission.

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