Antimicrobial switch therapy in pediatric patients hospitalized by uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia
| Autor: | Raquel M. Scalco, Sulim Abramovici, Ronaldo Morales-Junior, Aline Da Graça Fevereiro, Camila Canuto Campioni, Anna Carlotta Mott Barrientos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Switch therapy business.industry General Engineering RM1-950 medicine.disease Antimicrobial RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Community-acquired pneumonia Antibiotic therapy Ampicillin Internal medicine medicine Therapy duration In patient Observational study Therapeutics. Pharmacology Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, Vol 11, Iss 3 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2316-7750 2179-5924 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate the duration of intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy and the practice of switch therapy to oral in the treatment of children aged 2 months to 5 years with uncomplicated severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a pediatric public hospital. Methods: Retrospective, observational and cross-sectional study in which patients who started IV ampicillin treatment were selected. The patients were classified as “eligible” or “ineligible” to undergo switch therapy after 48 and 72 hours of hospitalization according to clinical criteria. Patients with length of stay |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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