Quality improvement methods increase appropriate antibiotic prescribing for childhood pneumonia

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ambroggio, Lilliam ^a   Thomson, Joanna ^a   Kurowski, Eileen Murtagh ^a,b   Courter, Joshua ^a   Statile, Angela ^a,b   Graham, Camille ^a   Sheehan, Brieanne ^a   Iyer, Srikant ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,b   White, Christine M ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Pediatric; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDINIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84877061085     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2635     Document Type: Article

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