The use of antibiotics in the first year of life has been found to be a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma.

Without knowing the children's medical histories, medication tolerance, or local antibiotic resistance patterns, we can't judge how appropriate broad-spectrum antibiotics were for the one third of ...

For children with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI), the antibiotic nitrofurantoin and cranberry products ...

Doctors use antibiotics to treat bacterial infections, but new research showed that more than two thirds of the time, children are getting a prescription that does not follow guidelines.

young children under the age of 2, adults older than 65, those who are immunocompromised -- you want to get examined because you might be a candidate for antibiotics to help treat your infection." ...

After development of the EHR order set, there was an increase in compliance with the recommended duration of antibiotics of 5 days or fewer. (HealthDay News) — Implementation of an electronic ...

LOS ANGELES — Embedding a new discharge order set into electronic health records (EHRs) with a preselected 5-day antibiotic course for children aged 2 years or older diagnosed with acute otitis ...

Caregiver adverse childhood experiences were related to pediatric health outcomes, such as antibiotic prescribing and time to first infection-related clinical encounter.

Hospitals across the state are seeing an increase in younger patients with pneumonia in recent weeks.