Authors: Wasmann RE , Svensson EM, Walker AS , Clements MN , Denti P
Presented at: WCoP 2022
Musakanya Chingandu
PediCAP surpasses 25% patient recruitment milestone
We are pleased to announce that we have successfully passed our 25% recruitment milestone with more than 400 patients successfully randomised into their arms. The PediCAP trial will determine whether children hospitalised for severe or very severe pneumonia, do better...
Global antibiotic use patterns in children – by Julia A. Bielicki and Victor Musiime
The recent GRAM report on the global impact of antimicrobial resistance highlights the ongoing challenges to antibiotic stewardship. Considering global assessments of antibiotic use patterns, it is essential to note that children are likely to have an approximately three times higher consumption of antibiotics than adults in most settings, regardless of country income level
Challenges in the diagnosis of paediatric pneumonia in intervention field trials: recommendations from a pneumonia field trial working group
Published in Lancet Respir Med, 2019
PediCAP Kick-off Meeting in Johannesburg
The start of the PediCAP Project was officially launched with the kick-off meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29-30 April 2019. All of the 13 European and African institutions and hospitals comprising the PediCAP Consortium, including the 5 recruiting...