An Analysis of the Pharmacological Management of Respiratory Tract Infections in-Patients at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Upper respiratory tract infection (URI) represents the most common acute illness evaluated in the outpatient setting. URIs range from the common cold—typically a mild, self-limited, catarrhal syndrome of the nasopharynx—to life-threatening illnesses such as epiglottitis. Antimicrobials are the mainstay in the management and irrational use of them may increase resistance to bacteria and the total cost of treatment. Objectives: To evaluate the pattern of drug prescriptions for respiratory tract infections in Medicine and Pediatric outpatient departments of a rural teaching hospital. Methods & Patients: Over a period of 18 months, 391 prescriptions of outpatients with respiratory tract infection were collected. The drugs prescribed, their dose and duration of treatment were recorded. DU 90% was calculated. Results: Data from a total of 603 medical case records pertaining to respiratory tract infective disorders were assessed. The mean (±SEM) age of the patients was38.55±0.9 years and there were 204 (52.1%) men and 187 (42.1%) women. The most common disorder among the patients was acute rhinitis (61.1%) while the least common was acute bronchitis (1.3%). The prevalence of RTIs was slightly higher in males. The preferential AMAs employed were amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulinic acid combination, ceftriaxone, cefixime and azithromycin used individually. Of 12 different AMAs prescribed in this study, 6 drugs
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Dr Paramita Pal
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