Pattern of drug prescriptions in pediatrics ward of university of gondar specialized hospital, gondar, ethiopia
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics (IJRPP) - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: The assessment of prescribing pattern in pediatrics has an important relevance to identify problems regarding rational uses of drugs and to propose intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate and assess pattern of drug prescribing practice in Gondar University specialized hospital pediatrics ward. Method: Retrospective stratified systematic random sampling method was conducted from January 26-June 12, 2013 on a total of 347 patient charts. Result: About 60% of drugs were prescribed empirically. This study showed that 45(13%) of the diagnosis were without treatment. On the other hand, 30 (8.6%) of the drugs were prescribed without indication. Antibiotics were the most commonly prescribed agents (75.5%) followed by fluid and electrolytes (54.5%). Gentamycin was the highly prescribed individual drug (10.80%) followed by Ampicillin (10.02%), and Paracetamol (8.83%). About 92% of the drugs were prescribed in correct frequency and 88.8% of the drugs were prescribed in correct dose. Injectables were the top prescribed dosage form (49.18%) followed by solid dosage forms (32.97%). About 83.19% of the drugs were prescribed in their generic name. Conclusion: The study showed that antibiotics were the most frequently prescribed groups of drugs followed by fluid and electrolytes and analgesics. There was good prescribing practice concerning polypharmacy according to WHO recommendation. Injectables were the most prescribed dosage forms and solid dosage forms were the second. Majority of the drugs were prescribed empirically. So, there should be correction of such empiric prescription to decrease risk of drug resistance and cost.
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Tadele Atinafu
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