Clinical predictors of antibiotic prescribing for acutely ill children in primary care: an observational study

Abstract

Background

Antibiotic prescribing quality for children in primary care: an observational study

“…19 Another study assessed predictors for antibiotic prescribing in children and found that prescribing rates increased as the age of the child increased and that children were more likely to be prescribed antibiotics if they were diagnosed with tonsillitis or acute otitis media. 5 These results are also in line with the findings of the current study.…”

The burden of community-managed acute respiratory infections in the first 2-years of life

“…When an ARI‐related medical consultation occurred in our cohort, almost half received an antibiotic, more likely for AOM than for other URTIs, so that by the end of the study more than half the cohort had received an antibiotic on at least one occasion. This degree of antibiotic exposure is comparable with other Australian studies and within the broad range of prescribing found within Europe, the United Kingdom, and in the United States of America . A European study observed that while the frequency of infection episodes did not differ between countries, antibiotic prescribing habits were determined by other factors, such as physician attitudes and socio‐economic factors .…”

Knowledge and attitudes towards the use of antibiotics in the paediatric age group: a multicenter survey in Italy

“…5 For example, in the UK, the highest prescription rate in the primary care is in children. 6 Ciofi degli Atti et al e Nyquist et al found out that more than 40% of the paediatric patients visited by doctors for respiratory infections receive an antibiotic. 7,8 Moreover, a recent study conducted by Adam et al …”