Observing Antibiotic Use in Children Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Parent Satisfaction

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are observing how often antibiotics are prescribed to children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and how doctors decide whether antibiotics are needed. The study also records parental satisfaction with the treatment process. It focuses on a pediatric department known for cautious antibiotic use. This observational study aims to understand treatment patterns and outcomes without altering standard care. Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia and fever will be followed either with antibiotic treatment or without antibiotics, depending on the attending physicians decision according to hospital procedures. These two groups include children managed with antibiotics and those managed without. Treatment follows the hospitals standard operating procedures without experimental interventions. During the hospital stay, which averages about 7 days, researchers will track antibiotic use rates, disease severity, medical complications, oxygen use, medication use, and hospital stay duration. Parents will be contacted at least 4 weeks after discharge to check for pneumonia recurrence or readmission. Parental satisfaction with care during hospitalization will also be assessed.

Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia