Adequacy of medical prescriptions in streptococcal pharyngitis and acute otitis media to therapeutic guidelines

Background and objective: to analyze the degree of adequacy to consensus therapeutic guidelines in acute pharyngotonsillitis and acute otitis media of primary care pediatricians. Material and Methods: retrospective observational study with data collection from electronic medical records of patients with suppurative AOM and streptococcal AAF in patients from 0 to 14 years of age residing in Araba, in an 18-month period study. Results: in the group of patients with suppurative AOM, 238 episodes have been evaluated, with a degree of therapeutic adequacy of 56.7%, being underdosing the main cause of inadequacy. In the group of patients with streptococcal AAF, 1721 episodes have been evaluated, with a degree of therapeutic adequacy of 57%, being the main causes of inadequacy overdose and short-duration regimens. Conclusion: in both suppurative AOM and streptococcal AAF, the degree of therapeutic adequacy is somewhat lower than in other analysed studies. To achieve a correct treatment in these processes in primary care settings is of vital importance due to its high frequency of diagnosis. It is also important to improve the quality of registered data in medical records of all patients.