ReviewActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2022
Antibiotic stewardship programmes had a low impact on prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in children.
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- Impact of Real-Time, On-Demand Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing at Point-of-Care on Antibiotic Prescribing and Clinical Outcome in Pediatric Outpatients With Acute Respiratory Illness: A Prospective, Quasi-Randomized, Controlled Study.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2026Trial
- Antibiotic prescriptions to preschool children with respiratory tract infections in primary healthcare.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Article
- Impact of multiplex PCR respiratory viral panel testing on antibiotic utilisation in children with acute febrile and respiratory illnesses.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
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- Effect of Combination of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Testing and General Practitioner Education and Long-Term Effect of Education on Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing for Children Presenting with Acute Infections in General Practice in Latvia: A Randomized Controlled Intervention Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotic stewardship programmes had a low impact on prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in children.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Review
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Abstract
aimThis mini review summarises the available data on antibiotic stewardship programmes (ASP) for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in paediatric outpatients, particularly the implementation and impact of programmes.
methodsPubMed was searched from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2021 for papers with abstracts that used the terms respiratory tract infection, antibiotic, child and guideline. We then saw how many of these included the individual terms impact, implementation or stewardship. After exclusions, we included 10 papers that were published in English on children treated as outpatients for ARTIs. All of these included data on implementing and assessing the impact of ASPs.
resultsThe primary care data were mainly from the United States. The ASP programmes did not influence antibiotic prescription rates, but broad-spectrum antibiotics decreased by 43-48%. The emergency department data were mainly from France and the antibiotic prescription rate decreased by 31-35% and the rate for broad-spectrum antibiotics by 63-71%. A nationwide register-based study from France confirmed these results.
conclusionASPs had a low impact on overall antibiotic prescription rates and a modest impact on prescribing broad-spectrum antibiotics. The implementation of ASP protocols needs further development, and more research is necessary on barriers to complying with ASPs.
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