Modified Antibiotic Regimen for Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis to Reduce Infectious Morbidity in Taiwan.

We compared our previous hospital-based antibiotic protocol and an optimum modified one by reviewing hospital records of children younger than 18 years with complicated appendicitis between 2010-2016. The modified protocol showed no infectious morbidity, which is significantly different from that of our previous protocol (mortality rate, 21.4%). An optimum hospital-based antibiotic protocol for complicated appendicitis can reduce the infectious morbidity rate without increasing hospital cost.