Table 4.

Treatments of patients pre- and post-clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Diagnostic testing	Pre-CPG	Post-CPG	p
Therapeutic intervention	Pre-CPG	Post-CPG	p
Nasal suctioning	9 (10.2)	83 (91.2)	<0.001*
Scheduled salbutamol	44(50)	29 (31.9)	0.01*
Salbutamol trial	24 (27.3)	21 (23.1)	0.52
Nebulized hypertonic saline	39 (44.3)	8 (8.8)	<0.001*
Inhaled corticosteroid	3(3.4)	3(3.3)	0.97
Systemic steroids	8 (9.1)	5 (5.5)	0.35
Antibiotics	52 (59.1)	44 (48.4)	0.15
Inappropriate antibiotic use (no indication)	31 (35.2)	15 (16.5)	0.004*
Chest physiotherapy	7 (8.0)	8 (8.8)	0.840

Data presented as number and (%)

*statistically significant at p<0.05.