A study to observe how often antibiotics are prescribed in children hospitalized for pneumonia and how doctors decide if a child needs antibiotics or not. Parent satisfaction will also be recorded.
Hospital admission at the pediatric department of the Filderklinik or at the pediatric department of the Herdecke Community Hospital
Admission diagnosis pneumonia or pneumonia diagnosis within 48 hours of admission
Written informed consent by care giver
All inclusion criteria have to be fulfilled
Insufficient knowledge of German to understand the written patient information and questionnaire
ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Lead sponsor
Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, Germany
Collaborator