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Howard LM, Thurm C, Dantuluri K, Griffith HG, Katz SE, Ward MJ, Banerjee R, Grijalva CG. Parenteral Antibiotic Use Among Ambulatory Children in United States Children's Hospital Emergency Departments. Open forum infectious diseases. 2020 Oct;7(7). ofaa357.
Abstract
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of optimal antibiotic selection and expansion of antimicrobial stewardship activities to ambulatory settings, few studies have examined the frequency of parenteral antibiotic use among ambulatory children. We assessed the prevalence and patterns of parenteral antibiotic administration among ambulatory children in pediatric emergency departments (EDs).