Table 1.
Examples of local and international antibiotic prescribing guidelines referred to by physicians in Vietnam for the management of community-acquired respiratory tract infections
| Local antibiotic prescribing guidelines |
|---|
| National treatment guideline ENT—MOH 201534 |
| National treatment guidelines for CAP—MOH 202035 |
| National treatment guidelines for AECOPD treatment 201837 |
| National treatment guidelines for implementing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in hospital—MOH 202036 |
| International antibiotic prescribing guidelines |
| IDSA 2007: Infectious Diseases Society of America. Guidelines on the management of CAP in adults38 |
| BTS 2009: British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of CAP in adults39 |
| IDSA 2011 (endorsed by AAP): The management of CAP in infants and children older than 3 months of age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America40 |
| BTS 2011: British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of CAP in children: update 201141 |
| IDSA 2012: IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for ABRS in children and adults42 |
| AAP 2013: American Academy of Pediatrics. The diagnosis and management of AOM43 |
| NICE 2014: Diagnosis and management of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults44 |
| INESSS 2016: Insitut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux. Acute rhinosinusitis in adults45 |
| INESSS 2016: Insitut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux Acute rhinosinusitis in children46 |
| INESSS 2016: Insitut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux AOM in children 3 months of age or older47 |
| NICE 2017: Sinusitis (acute) antimicrobial prescribing48 |
| INESSS 2017: Insitut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux CAP in adults49 |
| IDSA 2019: Diagnosis and treatment of adults with CAP. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America50 |
| NICE 2019: Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing51 |
| WHO 2019: World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines52 |
| EPOS 2020: EPOS 2020—European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal polyps53 |