Antibiotic use in cirrhotic children with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A retrospective study using the pediatric health information system (PHIS) database.

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2019 · PMC6709249 · PMID 31335721

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In line with adult studies, [ 6 , 12 ] our findings showed that a significant proportion (68%) of cirrhotic children with acute UGIB were given intravenous antibiotics timely within 48 hours of admission, and the use of antibiotics appeared to increase the percentage of children free of bacteremia and reduce the readmission rate, although it did not reach statistical significance due to small sample size.

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