Why do children hospitalised with pneumonia not receive antibiotics in primary care?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Grant, Cameron C ^a   Harnden, A ^b   Mant, D ^b   Emery, D ^c   Coster, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84455208732     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300604     Document Type: Article

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