Implementation and impact of pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs: a systematic scoping review

D Donà, E Barbieri, M Daverio, R Lundin… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Antibiotics are the most common medicines prescribed to children in hospitals
and the community, with a high proportion of potentially inappropriate use. Antibiotic misuse …

Antibiotic stewardship in premature infants: a systematic review

P Rajar, OD Saugstad, D Berild, A Dutta, G Greisen… - Neonatology, 2021 - karger.com
Introduction: Antibiotic treatment in premature infants is often empirically prescribed, and
practice varies widely among otherwise comparable neonatal intensive care units …

Knowledge, attitude, and practice with respect to antibiotic use among Chinese medical students: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Y Hu, X Wang, JD Tucker, P Little, M Moore… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Objective: Inappropriate antibiotic use leads to antibiotic resistance. This has become a
serious global crisis, with more multi-drug resistant infections and fewer effective antibiotics …

Each additional day of antibiotics is associated with lower gut anaerobes in neonatal intensive care unit patients

AM Rooney, K Timberlake, KA Brown… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Discontinuation of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy is an important target for
stewardship intervention. The drug and duration-dependent effects of antibiotics on the …

Documenting the indication for antimicrobial prescribing: a scoping review

S Saini, V Leung, E Si, C Ho, A Cheung… - BMJ Quality & …, 2022 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Documenting an indication when prescribing antimicrobials is considered best
practice; however, a better understanding of the evidence is needed to support broader …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of antibiotic use in pediatric intensive care unit of a developing country

Q Abbas, AU Haq, R Kumar, SA Ali… - Indian journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) patients are often prescribed antibiotics
with a low threshold in comparison to patients elsewhere. Irrational antibiotics use can lead …

Antibiotic stewardship in the PICU: Impact of ward rounds led by paediatric infectious diseases specialists on antibiotic consumption

H Renk, E Sarmisak, C Spott, M Kumpf, M Hofbeck… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASP) are aimed at optimising antimicrobial
utilization. However, only few studies have focused on paediatric intensive care units …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of pharmacist-led antibiotic stewardship program in a PICU of low/middle-income country

A Haque, K Hussain, R Ibrahim, Q Abbas… - BMJ open …, 2018 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Objective To assess the effect of implementation of pharmacist-led customised ASP and to
compare with historical control on usage of antibiotics as well as COT in our PICU. Methods …

Management of early-and late-onset sepsis: results from a survey in 80 German NICUs

JE Litz, S Goedicke-Fritz, C Härtel, M Zemlin, A Simon - Infection, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The management of early-(EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS) and neonatal
intensive care units (NICUs) has not been extensively evaluated. Methods 231 highly …

Antimicrobial stewardship programs in PICU settings: a systematic review

E Chorafa, V Komatsiouli, E Iosifidis… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Development of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) is strategy for
prevention and management of emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. In this …