Impact of Implementing National Guidelines on Antibiotic Prescriptions for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis | Zendy

Naïm Ouldali | Zendy; X. Bellettre | Zendy; Karen Milcent | Zendy; Romain Guedj | Zendy; Loïc de Pontual | Zendy; B. Cojocaru | Zendy; Valérie Soussan-Banini | Zendy; Irina Craiu | Zendy; David Skurnik | Zendy; Vincent Gajdos | Zendy; G. Chéron | Zendy; Robert Cohen | Zendy; Corinne Alberti | Zendy; François Angoulvant | Zendy

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Impact of Implementing National Guidelines on Antibiotic Prescriptions for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Author(s) -

Naïm Ouldali,

X. Bellettre,

Karen Milcent,

Romain Guedj,

Loïc de Pontual,

B. Cojocaru,

Valérie Soussan-Banini,

Irina Craiu,

David Skurnik,

Vincent Gajdos,

G. Chéron,

Robert Cohen,

Corinne Alberti,

François Angoulvant

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix590

Subject(s) - medicine , interrupted time series analysis , medical prescription , respiratory tract infections , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , respiratory tract , emergency medicine , interrupted time series , pediatrics , medical emergency , respiratory system , psychological intervention , microbiology and biotechnology , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , pharmacology , biology

Many antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs), but little data are available in these settings about effective interventions based on guidelines that follow the antimicrobial stewardship principle. Our aim was to assess the impact of implementing the 2011 national guidelines on antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) in PEDs.

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