A delayed prescription is one that is given to a patient or patient’s carer for an appropriate antibiotic (in the case of this research). It is not meant to be used unless  symptoms worsen or do not start to settle in the expected timescale. 

The delayed prescription has often been described as a method of...

Most commonly, warfarin is used in elderly persons for prevention of stroke in the setting of atrial fibrillation (AF). The lifetime prevalence of AF is nearly 12% among people over 75 years of age. It is now well established that AF is the most common cause of embolic stroke and is directly responsible for more...