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Analizar la idoneidad de los hábitos de prescripción de antibióticos en los pacientes pediátricos diagnosticados de faringoamigdalitis aguda
métodosEstudio descriptivo de una serie de pacientes pediátricos diagnosticados de faringoamigdalitis aguda en los servicios de urgencias de 11 hospitales españoles. Estudio de idoneidad mediante la elaboración de estándares de referencia de uso apropiado y comparación de los datos del estudio descriptivo con tales estándares
ResultadosSe revisan 1.716 casos diagnosticados de faringoamigdalitis aguda. En el 80,9% de ellas se prescribieron antibióticos, en su mayoría siguiendo criterios empíricos. Los antibióticos más empleados fueron: amoxicilina (36,0 %), amoxicilina-ácido clavulánico (22,5 %), cefixima (6,6 %), azitromicina (5,8 %) y cefuroxima (5,2 %). El 39,5 % correspondían a menores de 3 años, de los que el 75,9% recibieron tratamiento empírico. El 22,8 % de las prescripciones se clasificaron como de primera elección, el 22,4% de uso alternativo y el 54,8 % inapropiadas
ConclusionesEn la mayoría de las faringoamigalitis se prescribió tratamiento antibiótico y en casi todos los casos se hizo de forma empírica. Además de la prescripción de antibióticos, en una proporción muy superior a la prevista de amigdalitis bacterianas, en un número no despreciable de casos se indicaron otros antibióticos diferentes a los considerados idóneos para esta enfermedad
Palabras clave:
Faringitis
Amigdalitis
Antibióticos
Patrones de práctica médica
Calidad asistencial
Medicina basada en la evidencia
Objective
To evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in children with acute pharyngotonsillitis
MethodsA descriptive study was performed in a series of pediatric patients diagnosed with acute pharyngotonsillitis in the emergency rooms of 11 Spanish hospitals. The appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions was assessed by comparing our clinical practice in the use of antibiotics for pharyngotonsillitis with consensus guidelines developed for this study
ResultsWe collected data from 1716 patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis. Antibiotics were prescribed in 80.9 %, mainly according to empirical criteria. The most commonly used antibiotics were amoxicillin (36 %), amoxicillinclavulanate (22.5 %), cefixime (6.6 %), azithromycin (5.8 %) and cefuroxime (5.2 %). A total of 39.5 % of the patients were aged less than 3 years, of which 75.9 % were treated empirically. Of the prescribed treatments, 22.8% were considered as the treatment of choice; 22.4 % as alternatives and 54.8 % as inappropriate
ConclusionsAntibiotic treatment was prescribed in most of the cases of pharyngotonsillitis and nearly always according to empirical criteria. The number of antibiotic prescriptions was far higher than the expected cases of bacterial pharyngotonsillitis and, in many cases, the antibiotic prescriptionswere inappropriate
Key words:
Pharyngitis
Tonsillitis
Antibiotics
Physician practice patterns
Health care quality assurance
Evidence-Based Medicine
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