Antibiotic Choice for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia and Adherence to National Guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The 2011 national guidelines for the management of childhood community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) recommended narrow-spectrum antibiotics (eg, ampicillin) for most children hospitalized with CAP. We assessed the impact of these guidelines on antibiotic prescribing at 3 children's hospitals.

Methods

Children hospitalized with clinical and radiographic CAP were enrolled from January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2012, at 3 hospitals in Tennessee and Utah as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community study. Antibiotic selection was determined by the treating provider. The impact of the guidelines and hospital-level implementation efforts was determined by assessing the monthly percentage of enrolled children receiving th

SUBMITTER: Williams DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4485005 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature