RecruitingNot Applicable

Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

Germany200 participantsStarted 2022-09-16

Plain-language summary

A study to observe how often antibiotics are prescribed in children hospitalized for pneumonia and how doctors decide if a child needs antibiotics or not. Parent satisfaction will also be recorded.

Who can participate

Age range3 Months – 18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hospital admission at the pediatric department of the Filderklinik or at the pediatric department of the Herdecke Community Hospital * Admission diagnosis pneumonia or pneumonia diagnosis within 48 hours of admission * Written informed consent by care giver * All inclusion criteria have to be fulfilled Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient knowledge of German to understand the written patient information and questionnaire

What they're measuring

Antibiotic treatment rates in hospitalized children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia and fever

Timeframe: During hospitalization, an average of 7 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04681339

SponsorARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-12

Contact for this trial

Jan Vagedes, Dr

+49 711 7703 j.vagedes@arcim-institute.de

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