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Antibiotic therapy in children with pneumonia treated in hospital

Katarzyna Marlica, Joanna Obarska, Agata Wawrzyniak, Bolesław Kalicki

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Pediatr Med Rodz 2018, 14 (4), p. 407–411
DOI: 10.15557/PiMR.2018.0053
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Abstract

Introduction: Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of paediatric hospitalisations. Aim of the study: To analyse antibacterial treatment of pneumonia in children hospitalised in 2017 at the Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Allergology of the Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw. Material and methods: Medical documentation data of 360 children with clinical diagnosis of pneumonia was subjected to a retrospective analysis. Age, gender, antibiotics used before and during hospitalisation and time of treatment were considered. Results: Of all the children hospitalised at the Department (2,207), 360 pneumonias were reported (16.3% of all hospitalisations). The mean total time of antibiotic therapy was 10.76 ± 3.57 days. Out of 176 children (48.9% of all pneumonias) who reported to a general practitioner 91 (51.7%) received symptomatic treatment and 85 (48.3%) – antibiotic. On admission to hospital the type of antibiotic treatment was modified for 63/85 children (74.1%) and the form of antibiotic delivery was changed from oral to intravenous for 74/85 (87.1%). Antibacterial treatment in general practice was compliant with recommendations in 18/85 children (21.2%) and during hospitalisation – in 69/360 patients (19.2%). Conclusions: The most common infectious cause of paediatric hospitalisations was pneumonia. In general practice a significant problem is to diagnose community-acquired pneumonia with bacterial aetiology because of an uncharacteristic onset of symptoms. There is significant discrepancy between the everyday practice and recent guidelines on antibiotic use.

Keywords
pneumonia, hospitalisation, child, antibiotic therapy, primary health care

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