Dyspnea in Children as a Symptom of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Antibiotic Prescribing
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https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.146Keywords:
dyspnea, antibiotic prescribing, children, parentsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Dyspnea is an unpleasant feeling of breathing difficulty, shortness of breath and inability to satisfy the hunger for air. The role of family physicians is to be prepared to recognise dyspnea as a symptom of acute respiratory infections (ARI), to perform triage and managing of children with acute dyspnea and make continuous education of parents. In the treatment of acute dyspnea more important is to treat dyspnea as a symptom than the prescribing of antibiotics (AB). Nowadays, even more often large amount of children, because of the noncompliance in the treatment and the pressure from the parents, unnecessary is hospitalised and frequently used antibiotics: According to the guidelines, a small percentage of children with ARI should be treated with AB. The rate of antibiotic prescription should be around 15-20% and lower.
AIM: To assess doctor’s AB prescriptions in Primary care practices in Macedonia, for ARI and dyspnea in children we use the data from a National project about antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections, which has been run in 2014 November as a part of E - quality program.
METHODS: Eighty-six general practitioners from Macedonia have taken participation in it. The group of 3026 children, from 0-5 years of age, with symptoms of dyspnea, was analysed. We have found a rate of 54.6% antibiotic prescriptions (AB). From 3026 children with dyspnea, AB got 1519 children, 852 of which were prescribed by a specialist.
RESULTS: The children were mostly diagnosed with upper ARI, in 57.7%. The most used AB is amoxicillin + clavulonic acid. We concluded that there was an increased and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in children with ARI, presented with dyspnea in Macedonia.
CONCLUSION: Perceptions and the parent's attitudes do not correlate with the severity of clinical picture of the disease in children and lack of use Evidence-based medicine (EBM), insecurity, fear, loss of patients effect on antibiotic prescribing of the doctors.Downloads
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