Shortening treatment duration for uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia to align with best practice guidelines in a large academic paediatric emergency department.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2024
Abstract
Recommendations for antibiotic therapy for community acquired pneumonia recently changed from 10-day to 5-day duration. This quality improvement project aimed to change the practice of providers in an urban, free-standing children's hospital paediatric emergency department in the United States to match the updated recommendations. Improvement interventions included educational outreach, data sharing, on-site reminders, and audit-and-feedback. The project included analysis of ED return visits to monitor possible treatment failure. Interventions successfully increased 5-day antibiotic prescription rate from 3% to 85% within 12 months.
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
100142
Last Page
100142
ISSN
2514-6645
Published In/Presented At
Pierre-Hetz, R. E. S., Skotnicki, B. S., Aspiotes, C. R., McAninch, B., & Rosen, J. R. (2024). Shortening treatment duration for uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia to align with best practice guidelines in a large academic paediatric emergency department. Future healthcare journal, 11(2), 100142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.2024.100142
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
38798712
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article