Improving antibiotic and bronchodilator prescription in children presenting with difficult breathing: experience from an urban hospital in India.

Abstract

It is feasible to amalgamate simple clinical features (history of: (i) previous similar episode of cough and difficult breathing, and (ii) fever) in the WHO case management algorithm to significantly refine the antibiotic (95% CI range 7% to 33%) and bronchodilator (35%; 95% CI 27% to 43%) prescription.