Drivers of antibiotic prescribing in children and adolescents with febrile lower respiratory tract infections.

Verena GottaPhilipp BaumannNicole RitzAline FuchsGurli BaerJessica M BonhoefferUlrich HeiningerGabor SzinnaiJan Bonhoeffernull null

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Laboratory markers were strong drivers of antibiotic prescribing in children with febrile lower respiratory tract infections, in spite of their known poor prediction of antibiotic need. Building on current guidelines for antibiotic treatment in children with febrile LRTI, a reliable decision algorithm for safe antibiotic withholding considering the laboratory and clinical factors evaluated in this study has the potential to further reduce antibiotic prescribing.

Keyphrases

respiratory tract
primary care
urinary tract infection
machine learning
adverse drug
deep learning
risk assessment
drug induced