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MEDINA VALDES, Anai  e  PEREZ MENESES, Miguel Ángel. Impacto de la capacitación médica sobre el manejo de las infecciones respiratorias agudas en niños. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2003, vol.75, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3119.

The objective of this paper was to identify the level of medical knowledge on the acute respiratory infections, the use of antibiotics, expectorants and antitussives in addition to the use of home care service. To this end, physicians were evaluated before and after receiving a training course. An improvement in the level of knowledge of physicians was observed, whose evaluation averages were 70,7 and 81,58 before and after the course, respectively. Home care service increased from 16 to 36 %, the quality of care to children improved and costs dropped.

Palavras-chave : RESPIRATORY TRACTINFECTIONS [drug therapy]; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; CHILD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING.