Quantifying Antibiotic Prescribing in Children With Tracheostomies
Children with tracheostomies have high systemic antibiotic use and are predominantly prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics. Chronic ventilator use was associated with lower prescribing. These data may inform antimicrobial stewardship work.
Authors
- Rebecca Steuart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-475X)
- Samir S. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-7000)
- Joanna E. Thomson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-0998)
- Dan Benscoter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8034-4289)
- Amy Pan
- Joshua Courter
- Austin Slone
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.71216
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25
Funders
- Gerber Foundation