{"id":5932,"date":"2026-03-16T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:27:39","slug":"prescribing-patterns-of-filipino-physicians-for-community-acquired-pneumonia-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=5932","title":{"rendered":"Prescribing Patterns of Filipino Physicians for Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lulu C. Bravo and Jo-Anne J. Lobo<br>Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease, UP-Philippine General Hospital<br>Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Disease, UP-Philippine General Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.57043\/transnastphl.1997.5932\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"doi.org\/10.57043\/transnastphl.1997.5932\">doi.org\/10.57043\/transnastphl.1997.5932<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1989, the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Control of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (CARI) Program to pediatricians and general physicians. The study was undertaken to determine the physician&#8217;s adherence to the WHO-CARI Program. Questionnaires were served to 250 physicians asking their most commonly used antibiotics for treatment of Community-acquired pneumonia classified as: (1) mild-moderate, (2) moderate-severe and (3) very severe pneumonia. Of the 190 respondents, there were 164 general pediatricians, 17 general practitioners (GPs) and 9 pediatric subspecialists. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents adhered to the recommended drug for mild-moderate pneumonia. Less than half, however, were consistent with the CARI Program for the two other types of pneumonia. Amoxicillin, Pen G and cephalosporin were the empiric drugs of choice for the three respective types of pneumonia. Only 15 general pediatricians and two GPs followed the CARI Program strictly for all types of pneumonia. Thus, there is a need to determine the reasons for the limited use of the WHO-CARI Treatment Guidelines by physicians and to plan strategies for more effective means of dissemination and implementation of the WHO-CARI program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keywords<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=cari\" rel=\"tag\">CARI<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=childhood-pneumonia\" rel=\"tag\">childhood pneumonia<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=filipino-physicians\" rel=\"tag\">Filipino physicians<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?tag=prescribing-patterns\" rel=\"tag\">Prescribing patterns<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TNP-1997-19_22_Prescribing-Patterns-of-Filipino-Physicians-for-Community-Acquired-Pneumonia-in-Children.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:1090px\" aria-label=\"Embed of TNP 1997 (19)_22_Prescribing Patterns of Filipino Physicians for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c722132c-89cc-4a7e-8b52-9e7a50103e01\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TNP-1997-19_22_Prescribing-Patterns-of-Filipino-Physicians-for-Community-Acquired-Pneumonia-in-Children.pdf\">TNP 1997 (19)_22_Prescribing Patterns of Filipino Physicians for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TNP-1997-19_22_Prescribing-Patterns-of-Filipino-Physicians-for-Community-Acquired-Pneumonia-in-Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c722132c-89cc-4a7e-8b52-9e7a50103e01\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lulu C. 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