HAI in Preschoolers and Antibiotic Prescription in the Zacamil Health Unit in 2004

Abstract

Alpha Respiratory Infections (HAI) are the most prevalent infections in childhood, with an incidence of cases of 3 to 8 episodes of coryza per year, and constitute 7% of all pediatric consultations. The treatment of respiratory tract infections has had constant studies and these conclude that there is not enough evidence that this treatment with antibiotics produces important benefits when used without a clinical finding that merits it. What are the clinical findings that determined the use of antibiotics in the management of HAIs in preschoolers seen in the Zacamil Health Unit in 2004? The purpose of the research is to benefit both the pediatric population attended in the Zacamil Health Unit and the administrative management to achieve significant cost savings with a reduction in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, knowing what are the frequent HAIs and their proper treatment, and identifying the clinical findings associated with the prescription of antibiotics. The research is retrospective descriptive, taking a convenient sample of 120 patients, 10 for each month of 2004 who were treated for a case of upper airway infection. The results obtained allowed to know that the most frequent of the HAI in preschoolers tornadoes of the outpatient clinic of the health unit of Zacamil was the end common cold, of the HAIs studied all received antibiotics in certain percentages, the use of antibiotics in the HAIs is not adequate in some cases.