{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Surendran S"],"funding":["Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["dlae105"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11245696"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Antibiotic use in paediatric surgical specialties is understudied. We investigated the antibiotic prescribing practices of paediatric general and cardiovascular surgical teams in a tertiary hospital in South India.<h4>Methods</h4>Mixed-methods study including observations from ward rounds, semi-structured interviews, and review of antibiotic prescribing. Field notes from observations and interview transcripts were coded using NVivo and thematically analysed. Data collection and analysis were iterative and continued until thematic saturation. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics.<h4>Results</h4>Data included 62 h of observation, 24 interviews, one case study and 200 patient chart reviews (100/specialty). Senior surgeons make key deci"],"journal":["JAC-antimicrobial resistance"],"pubmed_title":["Rationalizing irrational prescribing-infection-related attitudes and practices across paediatric surgery specialties in a hospital in South India."],"pmcid":["PMC11245696"],"funding_grant_id":["225960/Z/22Z","225960","226690/Z/22/Z"],"pubmed_authors":["Holmes A","Dhar P","Charani E","Surendran S","Singh S","Nampoothiri V"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Rationalizing irrational prescribing-infection-related attitudes and practices across paediatric surgery specialties in a hospital in South India.","description":"<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Antibiotic use in paediatric surgical specialties is understudied. We investigated the antibiotic prescribing practices of paediatric general and cardiovascular surgical teams in a tertiary hospital in South India.<h4>Methods</h4>Mixed-methods study including observations from ward rounds, semi-structured interviews, and review of antibiotic prescribing. Field notes from observations and interview transcripts were coded using NVivo and thematically analysed. Data collection and analysis were iterative and continued until thematic saturation. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics.<h4>Results</h4>Data included 62 h of observation, 24 interviews, one case study and 200 patient chart reviews (100/specialty). Senior surgeons make key deci","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-18T21:44:49.301Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:34:04.043Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11245696","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39005590"],"doi":["10.1093/jacamr/dlae105"]}}