Secondary prophylaxis and specialist review compliance in paediatric patients with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a Western Australian metropolitan setting
Community-based administration of secondary prophylaxis through a registry-based system is an effective strategy of improving compliance within a metropolitan area and should be utilised in a culturally safe and collaborative manner to increase uptake.
Authors
- Jennifer Melvin
- A. Jeyaseelan
- Adrian Tarca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-2499)
- Bradley R. MacDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-0744)
- Julie Vine
- Stephen Shipton
- Deane Yim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-5330)
- James Ramsay
Institutions
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Perth Children's Hospital
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Published
- 2024-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16670
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00