Rana E. El Feghaly

Optimizing Antibiotic Duration for Pneumonia and Sinusitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department

OBJECTIVE Updates to national and international guidelines now recommend shortening antibiotic durations to 3 to 5 days for uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 5 to 7 days for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS). We aimed to increase the percentage of children...

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Children From 8 Days to 5 Years of Age

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections in infants and young children, with a prevalence of 7% in infants with fever. This clinical practice guideline (CPG) provides an update of the literature and clinical recommendations of the 2011 American...