Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Gynecology Out-Patient Department of a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern India
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Abstract: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed in the Gynecology out-patient department for treatment of such infections which are not common in general out-patient departments. This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted to evaluate the recent antibiotic utilization pattern amongst the patients attending the Gynecology department of a tertiary care Teaching hospital in Eastern India. Six hundred and twelve prescriptions obtained from patients attending the out-patient department of Gynecology since June 2015 to November 2015 were included in the study. Data was collected in a pre-designed case record form. Baseline demographic features, provisional diagnosis/indication, type and number of antibiotics, formulation, duration, route of administration of antibiotics, average number of drugs per prescription and commonest antibiotic prescribed were noted. Single antibiotic was prescribed in 35.17% prescriptions while 66.83% received more than one antibiotic. The most common oral antibiotic used was doxycycline (67.08%) followed by cefixime (14.29%). In 97.2% prescriptions, drugs were written in their generic name. Doxycycline and cefixime were most commonly prescribed antibiotics; most of the antibiotics were prescribed in generic name from the essential medicine list of the country. Keywords: Drug Utilization Study, Antibiotics, Gynecology department
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Nandy Manab, Mandal Pragnadyuti, Kundu Tithishri, Gupta Rani, Paul Suhrita
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