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A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON MANAGEMENT OF ANTIBIOTICS IN PEDIATRIC PNEUMONIA

Umme Aiman Rafai*, Nabeela Fatima, Hafsa Fatima, N. Gaayathree and Somnath De

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Aim: The aim of the study is to emphasize that the use of single therapy as an effective line of treatment when compared to combination therapies and to avoid unneccesary antibiotic exposure by limiting their irrational use. Objective: The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of antibiotics given to paediatric pneumonia patients. To determine which antibiotic is most useful for treating paediatric pneumonia. To emphasise the effectiveness of single therapy as a course of treatment for simple CAP. Methods: It is a prospective study it includes inpatient, with the diagnosis of pneumonia. Using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software for Windows (version 29.0.1.0), the acquired data was categorized, compared, and statistical analysis was carried out. ANOVA and the Paired T-Test were both utilized in the analysis. Statistical significance was defined as a p-value of 0.05 or less. Results: A total of 140 children with CAP were included in the study. Out of them, 86(64.1%) were males and 54(35.9%) were females. Among 140 subjects, 76(54.2%) were on Multiple Therapy and 64(45.7%) were on Single Therapy. Ceftriaxone was the most commonly used antibiotic, accounting for approximately (n=50), 78.1% of single antibiotic prescribing following the use of Amoxicillin accounting for(n=7) 10.9% was observed. Conclusion: This study concludes that Ceftriaxone has been proved to be more effective in both uncomplicated and complicated pneumonia. This study summarizes that single therapy samples are in significance and showed positive outcomes whereas multiple therapy samples were found to be insignificant.

Keywords: Pediatric pneumonia, ceftriaxone, amoxicillin, community acquired pneumonia (CAP).