Guideline on appropriate use of antibiotic therapy for pediatric dental patients.

Guideline on Use of Antibiotic Therapy for Pediatric Dental Patients.

Antibiotic prophylaxis for children with sickle cell disease: a survey of pediatric dentistry residency program directors and pediatric hematologists.

PURPOSES The purposes of this study were to: (1) investigate the current clinical practice regarding the use of antibiotic prophylaxis by pediatric dentistry residency program directors and pediatric hematologists for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) requiring dental treatment; and (2) evaluate the perceived relative risk of bacteremia following specific dental procedures, as defined by ...

Use of Serial C-reactive Protein Measure-ments for Determination of the Length of Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Sepsis

Background: The management of neonatal sepsis especially in developing countries is problematic.  There is no single reliable marker of infection available at the present.  C-reactive protein (CRP) has long been used as a marker of infection. Serial measurements of CRP are recommended as a guide for duration of antibiotic therapy. Objective: To evaluate the serial CRP measurement as a guideline...

Use of Antibiotic Therapy for Pediatric Dental Patients.

Quality improvement methods increase appropriate antibiotic prescribing for childhood pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE In August 2011, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and Infectious Disease Society of America published an evidence-based guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children ≥3 months. Our objective was to evaluate if quality improvement (QI) methods could improve appropriate antibiotic prescribing in a setting without a formal antimicrobial stewardship...