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Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Abstract
Background: upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are highly encountered by children all over the world with repeating episodes from 6-8 times during the year.  However being of viral origin and a self-limited disease, many parents’ attitudes forces physician to use antibiotics thus resulting in antibiotic resistance. Objectives: to study the parental knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) t...
Keywords
Medicine
Antibiotics
Respiratory tract infections
Pediatrics
Family medicine
Population
Environmental health
Internal medicine
Respiratory system
Microbiology
Biology
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
No poverty



Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Abstract
Background: upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are highly encountered by children all over the world with repeating episodes from 6-8 times during the year.  However being of viral origin and a self-limited disease, many parents’ attitudes forces physician to use antibiotics thus resulting in antibiotic resistance. Objectives: to study the parental knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) t...
Keywords
Medicine
Antibiotics
Respiratory tract infections
Pediatrics
Family medicine
Population
Environmental health
Internal medicine
Respiratory system
Microbiology
Biology
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
No poverty