Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia: a Prospective, Observational Study
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
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.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 3 months
Maximum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• 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
Locations
Other Locations
Germany
Die Filderklinik
RECRUITING
Filderstadt
Herdecke Community Hospital
RECRUITING
Herdecke
Contact Information
Primary
Jan Vagedes, Dr
j.vagedes@arcim-institute.de
+49 711 7703
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-09-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 200
Treatments
Pneumonia with antibiotics
Children with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and fever: managed with antibiotics
Pneumonia without antibiotics
Children with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and fever: managed without antibiotics
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, Germany
Leads: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine