Open AccessIncreasing paediatric prescribing rates in British Columbian children: cause for concern?
Author(s) -
Ariana Saatchi,
Fawziah Marra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00298-2
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , respiratory tract infections , pediatrics , cohort , antibiotics , population , intensive care medicine , demography , family medicine , environmental health , antibiotic resistance , respiratory system , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , biology
Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric care is highly prevalent, and quite often, children are prescribed for conditions, like upper respiratory tract infections, which are self-limiting and viral in aetiology. The purpose of this study was to identify potential new targets for provincial antimicrobial stewardship efforts.