Promoting the appropriate use of oral antibiotics has been a major theme in child health care during the past decade. In 2 recent studies, investigators examined changes in antibiotic prescribing ...

Other common causes include Haemophilus influenzae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Antibiotic drugs, which treat bacterial infections, are the primary form of treatment for bacterial ...

Opens in a new tab or window Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 ...

A procalcitonin-guided algorithm does not reduce the length of intravenous antibiotic treatment significantly in children suspected of having a bacterial infection as compared to routine care as ...

In a groundbreaking study published in the medical journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of ...

For now, an alternative approach to uncomplicated appendicitis in LMICs might be to first treat children with antibiotics while they travel to a qualified centre for safe, definitive surgery.

As the drugs have gained name recognition among adults, they’ve also become more and more popular with children and adolescents. About 1 in every 5 children in the U.S. has obesity, according to ...

Police said that they learned that the drugs were being administered to the children by Young and Edge to get the children to calm down and sleep before nap time. The pair was arrested on ...

This is the largest trial of its kind to evaluate PCT-guided antibiotic treatment in children but, despite promising previous analysis, the study found that using the PCT biomarker to guide ...

Children from low-income families use fewer prescription medications compared to their more well-off peers, according to a study by Finnish social benefits agency Kela. This result is somewhat ...

In their battle against antibiotics, bacteria are gaining an edge, becoming more and more resistant to antibiotic attacks. But a new paper published in PLOS Biology suggests that computer models could ...

Courtesy: McClatchy Co. A former North Texas childcare worker has been sentenced to four years in prison after she pleaded guilty last month to exposing children to THC-infused candy, authorities ...