Antibiotic use for pneumonia in children under-five at a pediatric hospital inJeddah city, Saudi Arabia.

Current Pediatric Research Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.35841/0971-9032.25.2.319-323

Fatma S. Alzhrani, Sumaih Abdullah Alsadiq, Mai Mohammed Ghaith, Nouf Nawaf Simsim, Noha Hassan Kommosani, Wejdan H A Al-Qahtani, Fayza Al Siny

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Background: Pneumonia has been a severe cause of morbidity and mortality among children belowfive years. Almost 1.3 million deaths occur in children due to pneumonia. The common signs andsymptoms of pneumonia include fever, cough, and Shortness of Breath (SOB). Antibiotics arecommonly used to treat Pneumonia, but it should be used in appropriate doses and duration.Aim: We aimed to review the results of antibiotic usage for treating pneumonia in children at atertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Method: A retrospective cohort study was done in November 2019 that involved 41 participantsbetween (0-5) years of both gender diagnosed with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). Result: In this study, we use about 14 kinds of antibiotics. There was no significant between theantibiotic and age group (p=0.269). Also, the relationship between the antibiotics and the frequencyused of antibiotics was significant (P=0.002). On the other hand, there was an association betweenantibiotics with inpatient and antibiotic (p=0.001), and the combination of Clarithromycin withCefuroxime (17.7%) was the most commonly used in both in-patients and out-patients. Conclusion: Our study found the combination of clarithromycin and cefuroxime the most commonnone of our patients were diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Using antibiotics to treat bacterialpneumonia in children should always be considered to prevent severe complications even though if the pneumonia is not severed.

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沙特阿拉伯inJeddah市一家儿科医院五岁以下儿童肺炎抗生素使用情况。

背景:肺炎一直是五岁以下儿童发病和死亡的一个严重原因。近130万儿童死于肺炎。肺炎的常见体征和症状包括发烧、咳嗽和呼吸短促。抗生素通常用于治疗肺炎，但应使用适当的剂量和持续时间。目的:我们的目的是回顾在吉达，沙特阿拉伯三级医院治疗肺炎的儿童抗生素使用的结果。方法:2019年11月进行了一项回顾性队列研究，涉及41名年龄在(0-5)岁之间、男女均被诊断为社区获得性肺炎(CAP)的参与者。结果:在本研究中，我们使用了大约14种抗生素。抗生素与年龄组之间无显著差异(p=0.269)。抗菌药物与抗生素使用频率之间存在显著关系(P=0.002)。另一方面，抗生素与住院患者和抗生素之间存在相关性(p=0.001)，克拉霉素联合头孢呋辛(17.7%)在住院和门诊患者中都是最常用的。结论:我们的研究发现克拉霉素和头孢呋辛联合使用是最常见的，没有患者被诊断为重症肺炎。使用抗生素治疗儿童细菌性肺炎应始终考虑到防止严重并发症，即使肺炎没有被切断。

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