Filderstadt - Bonlanden, Germany
Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia
An observational study to document the antibiotic treatment rate of children hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia at a pediatric department with longstanding practice of restrictive antibiotic prescribing. Patients will be enrolled consecutively and treated according to in-house standard operating procedure. Antibiotic treatment rate, severity of disease and medical complication rate in antibiotic and non-antibiotic managed children, frequency of predefined factors in physician decision making on antibiotic use, and parental satisfaction will be recorded. Parents will be contacted at least 4 weeks after discharge to inquire about recurrence or readmission.
Phase
N/ASpan
172 weeksSponsor
ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative MedicineFilderstadt, Baden-Württemberg
Recruiting
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