Factors Associated With Antibiotic Prescribing and Outcomes for Pediatric Pneumonia in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chest radiographs (CXRs) are often performed in children with respiratory illness to inform the decision to prescribe antibiotics. Our objective was to determine the factors associated with clinicians' plans to treat with antibiotics prior to knowledge of CXR results and the associations between preradiograph plans with antibiotic prescription and return to medical care.

Methods

Previously healthy children aged 3 months to 18 years with a CXR for suspected pneumonia were enrolled in a prospective cohort study in the emergency department. Our primary outcomes were antibiotic prescription or administration in the emergency department and medical care sought within 7 to 15 days after discharge. Inverse probability treatment weighting was used to limit bias due to tre

SUBMITTER: Lipshaw MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946906 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature