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Emergency Department Prescribing Patterns for Pharyngitis in Children
- Source :
- Clinical Pediatrics. 59:995-1003
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Pharyngitis is commonly diagnosed in the emergency department (ED) and accounts for substantial antibiotic burden in pediatrics. This study describes ED patterns of group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing patterns. This was a secondary data analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for GAS and non-GAS (viral) pharyngitis were reported in all ages and specifically examined in children
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Medical care
Antibiotic prescribing
Antimicrobial Stewardship
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Streptococcal Infections
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Humans
In patient
030212 general & internal medicine
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Child
business.industry
Pharyngitis
Secondary data
Emergency department
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency medicine
Ambulatory
Female
medicine.symptom
Emergency Service, Hospital
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19382707 and 00099228
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e12e9b60a1fe2a48c2c0cd1dd4b8a56
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922820927042