Antibiotic Use in Febrile Children Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: While fever is the main complaint among pediatric emergency services and high antibiotic prescription are observed, only a few studies have been published addressing this subject. Therefore this systematic review aims to summarize antibiotic prescriptions in febrile children at the ED and assess its determinants. Methods: We extracted studies published from 2000 to 2017 on antibiotic use in febrile children at the ED from different databases. Author, year, and country of publishing, study design, inclusion criteria, primary outcome, age, and number of children included in the study was extracted. To compare the risk-of-bias all articles were assessed using the MINORS criteria. For the final quality assessment we additionally used the sample size and the primary

SUBMITTER: van de Voort EMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186802 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature