Antibiotic prescriptions for child sinusitis varied between specialties after Finnish guidelines were updated in 2018.

Matti Korppi Sauli Palmu Paula Heikkilä Peter Csonka

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

Antibiotics were prescribed for about 40% of acute sinusitis visits by Finnish children from 2014-2019. Specialities differed with regard to prescribing rates and whether they followed the guidelines.

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