Antibiotic clinical decision support for pneumonia in the ED: A randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health record-based clinical decision support (CDS) is a promising antibiotic stewardship strategy. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of antibiotic CDS in the pediatric emergency department (ED).

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of antibiotic CDS vs. usual care for promoting guideline-concordant antibiotic prescribing for pneumonia in the pediatric ED.

Design

Pragmatic randomized clinical trial.

Setting and participants

Encounters for children (6 months-18 years) with pneumonia presenting to two tertiary care children s hospital EDs in the United States.

Intervention

CDS or usual care was randomly assigned during 4-week periods within each site. The CDS intervention provided antibiotic recommendations tailored to ea

SUBMITTER: Williams DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10247532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature