US Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events From Antibiotics in Children, 2011–2015
August 23, 2018Maribeth C Lovegrove, Andrew I Geller, Katherine E Fleming-Dutra, Nadine Shehab, Mathew R P Sapiano, Daniel S Budnitz | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, piy066, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piy066 Published: 23 August 2018
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications for children; however, at least one-third of pediatric antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. National data on short-term antibiotic-related harms could inform efforts to reduce overprescribing and to supplement interventions that focus on the long-term benefits of reducing antibiotic resistance. Read more