Prescribing pattern for infectious diseases in tertiary care pediatric hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Biotechnology - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study gives an overview of the prescribing pattern for infectious diseases in tertiary care pediatric hospital. The study is conducted on the basis of patient’s age, disease conditions, anti-microbial, antibiotic, and antifungal. Anti-viral, antidiarrhoeal, anti-epileptic, antiemetic, anti-asthmatic, anti-histamines, anti-ulcer, NSAIDS, Antipyretics, anticonvulsants, probiotics, anxiolytics, electrolytes, corticosteroids, spasmolytics, multivitamins, laxatives. The study was based on the number of patients, the number of prescriptions, the single drug regimen, multiple drug regimen, combinational drug regimen for anti-microbials was noted. The drugs commonly seen in the prescriptions with anti-microbial combination therapy were identified.The study was also based on the analysis of route of administration of different categories of drugs like oral, parenteral, topical, rectal, nasal etc. The current study concludes that the frequently prescribed antibiotics are Ceftriaxone (107 prescriptions), Cefaperazone+sulbactam was 59 prescriptions, amoxycillin+ clavulanate potassium was 47, piperacillin + tazobactum was 41. The present study concludes that the highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for acute gastric enteritis are Ceftriaxone (40 prescriptions), Cefoperazone + Sulbactam (10 prescriptions). The highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for Acute Febrile illness are Ceftriaxone (37 prescriptions), Amikacin (24 prescriptions). The highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for urosepsis are Fluconazole with Gentamicin (5 prescriptions). The highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for miscellaneous infectious diseases are Ceftriaxone (4 prescriptions), Ampicillin with Gentamicin (4 prescriptions). The current study also indicates the highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for respiratory tract infectious diseases are Amoxicillin + Clavulanic acid (29 prescriptions), Cefoperazone + Sulbactam (25 prescriptions), the highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for urinary tract infectious diseases are Piperacillin + Tazobactam (3 prescriptions), Cefoperazone + Sulbactam with Amikacin (4 prescriptions), the highly prescribed anti-microbial agents for cerebral complications are Ceftriaxone (16 prescriptions), Vancomycin with amikacin combination (3 prescriptions). The current study also indicates the number of prescriptions with different categories of drugs and indicating the routes of administration. The total routes of administrations were five including the oral, parenteral, topical, nasal, and rectal. According to the data obtained from my study indicates that the highest number of prescriptions containing the drugs with oral route of administration was 418.
Authors and Affiliations
K. Simon Raju, K Narendra Kumar Reddy, K. Vasu
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