Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

Antibiotic Stewardship Clinical Trial

Official title:
Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia: a Prospective, Observational Study

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

A study to observe how often antibiotics are prescribed in children hospitalized for pneumonia and how doctors decide if a child needs antibiotics or not. Parent satisfaction will also be recorded.

Clinical Trial Description

An observational study to document the antibiotic treatment rate of children hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia at a pediatric department with longstanding practice of restrictive antibiotic prescribing. Patients will be enrolled consecutively and treated according to in-house standard operating procedure. Antibiotic treatment rate, severity of disease and medical complication rate in antibiotic and non-antibiotic managed children, frequency of predefined factors in physician decision making on antibiotic use, and parental satisfaction will be recorded. Parents will be contacted at least 4 weeks after discharge to inquire about recurrence or readmission. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Antibiotic Stewardship
Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children
Pneumonia

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04681339
Study type	Observational
Source	ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Contact	Jan Vagedes, Dr
Phone	+49 711 7703
Email	j.vagedes@arcim-institute.de
Status	Recruiting
Phase
Start date	September 16, 2022
Completion date	December 2024

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