Antibiotics represent the most widely prescribed therapeutic agents. The prevalence of drug
prescription differs across age, with preschool children being most exposed to antibiotic …

Purpose To evaluate the drug prescription pattern in outpatient children. Methods A
systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE and EMBASE to identify studies …

Objective To provide an overview of drug use in children in three European countries.
Design Retrospective cohort study, 2000-5. Setting Primary care research databases in the …

Introduction There is evidence of inappropriate medication use, causing unnecessary costs
for health systems, particularly those with limited resources. Overprescription is commonly …

Many medicines are prescribed to the paediatric population on an unlicensed or'off-
label'basis because they have not been adequately tested and/or formulated and authorized …

Background To describe frequency, preventability and seriousness of adverse drug
reactions (ADRs) in children as cause of emergency department (ED) admission and to …

Background In view of the rise in antibiotic resistance and Clostridium difficile superinfection,
close monitoring of antibiotic prescribing practices is essential so that targeted quality …

Background: Increasing concerns about antibiotic resistance and microbiome disruption
have stimulated interest in describing antibiotic consumption in young children. Young …

Purpose: There is limited information on pediatric prescribing in Sierra Leone. This study
evaluated prescribing patterns for under-five patients at Ola During Children's Hospital …

Allergic reactions associated to the use of macrolides are uncommon; in particular only two
cases of anaphylaxis with erithromycin and clarithromycin have been reported to date. The …