Linee guida
La faringotonsillite in età pediatrica
Aggiornamento delle linee guida della Regione Emilia-Romagna
Acute pharyngitis in childhood.
Update of the guidelines of Emilia-Romagna Region
Simona Di Mario1, Carlo Gagliotti2, Maria Luisa Moro2, a nome del Gruppo "ProBA"
1Centro di documentazione sulla salute perinatale e riproduttiva - SaPeRiDoc, Servizio Assistenza Territoriale, Direzione generale sanità e politiche sociali e per l’integrazione; 2Area Rischio Infettivo, Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale - Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna
Settembre 2015 - pagg. 442 -447
Abstract
This guideline on acute pharyngitis in childhood updates the guideline published by the
Emilia-Romagna Region in 2007. Acute pharyngitis is a frequent condition in childhood,
causing repeated clinical visits, emergency department visits, and inappropriate antibiotic
prescribing. For the management of pharyngitis, it recommends the use of the McIsaac
clinical score associated, in selected patients, with the rapid antigen detection test (RADT)
and the prescription of amoxicillin when an antibiotic treatment is needed. Changes from
2007 guideline mainly refer to the diagnostic algorithm, simplified to achieve a wider implementation
by health professionals. It confers a similar accuracy to the diagnostic
process than the previous one but it is more cost-effective, as it results from the cost-effectiveness
analysis. The guideline, based on the GRADE methodology, was developed by a
multi-professional group of regional experts and externally revised.
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