| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
BACKGROUND : To assess the practicability of a new algorithm in decreasing the rate of incorrect diagnoses and inappropriate antibiotic usage in pediatric Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTI ( METHODS : Children between 1 month to15 years brought to outpatient clinics of a children’s hospital with acute respiratory symptoms were managed according to the steps recommended in the algorithm . RESULTS : Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, and undifferentiated ARTI accounted for 82%, 14.5%, and 3.5% of 1 209 cases, respectively. Antibiotics were prescribed in 33%; for: Common cold, 4.1%; Sinusitis, 85.7%; Otitis media, 96.9%; Pharyngotonsillitis, 63.3%; Croup, 6.5%; Bronchitis, 15.6%; Pertussis-like syndrome, 82.1%; Bronchiolitis, 4.1%; and Pneumonia, 50% . CONCLUSIONS : Implementation of the ARTIs algorithm is practicable and can help to reduce diagnostic errors and rate of antibiotic prescription in children with ARTIs . KEYWORDS : Acute Respiratory Tract Infection, Algorithm, Children |
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سید احمد طباطبایی | seyed ahmad tabatabaei
assistant professor, department of pediatrics, mofid children hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
سید علیرضا فهیم زاد | seyed alireza fahimzad
assistant professor, department of pediatrics, pediatric infections research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
احمد رضا شمشیری | ahmad reza shamshiri
phd candidate, department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of health and institute of health research, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
فریده شیوا | farideh shiva
assistant professor, pediatric infections research center, department of pediatrics, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
شاداب صالح پور | shadab salehpor
assistant professor, department of pediatrics, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
شیرین سیاح فر | shirin sayyahfar
assistant professor, department of pediatrics, shool of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
ghamartag خان بابایی | ghamartag khanbabaei
assistant professor, department of pediatrics, mofid children hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
شهناز آرمین | shahnaz armin
associate professor, pediatric infections research center, department of pediatrics, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
صدیقه رفیعی طباطبایی | sedigheh rafii tabatabaei
associate professor, pediatric infections research center, department of pediatrics, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
علیرضا خاتمی | alireza khatami
associate professor, department of radiology, shool of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)
مریم کدیور | maryam kadivar
assistant professor, department of pathology, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (Tehran university of medical sciences)
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