A Retrospective Analysis of Use in Hospitalized Children with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
; : 87-94, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The inappropriate prescription of antibiotics in children with upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) is common. This study evaluated the factors that influence antibiotics use in hospitalized children with viral URTI confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)assay. METHODS: The medical records of admitted patients who performed RT-PCR assay for respiratory virus pathogens from January 2013 to November 2014 were examined. The demographic and clinical features were compared between patients who were administered antibiotics at admission and those who were not. We also investigated differences between children who continued antibiotics and those who stopped antibiotics after a viral pathogen was identified. RESULTS: In the total 393 inpatients, the median age was 23 months (interquartile range, 13 to 41.3 months). Antimicrobial agents were prescribed in 79 patients (20.1%) at admission. Patients with acute otitis media (AOM) had higher rates of antibiotics prescription than those without AOM (48.1% vs. 2.2%, P <0.001), with an adjusted odds ratio of 91.1 (95% confidence interval, 30.5 to 271.7). Level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and the proportion of acute rhinosinusitis were also significantly associated with antibiotics use (P <0.001). Among the 44 patients with viruses identified using the RT-PCR method during hospitalization, antibiotic use was continued in 28 patients (63.6%). AOM was statistically associated with continued antibiotic use in the patients (P =0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Although the respiratory virus responsible for URTI etiology is identified, clinicians might not discontinue antibiotics if AOM is accompanying. Therefore, careful diagnosis and management of AOM could be a strategy to reduce unjustified antibiotic prescriptions for children with URTI.
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Otite Média
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Sistema Respiratório
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Infecções Respiratórias
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Proteína C-Reativa
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Razão de Chances
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Criança Hospitalizada
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Prontuários Médicos
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Diagnóstico
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article