Title: Study the Prescription Pattern of Antibiotics in the Medicine Department in a Teaching Hospital: A Descriptive Study
Abstract: Antibiotics are one of the most important discoveries in the field of medicine and are widely used in reducing the infections. Irrational antibiotic use may result in increased cost of treatment, drug-drug interactions and also cause severe adversereactions. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of antibiotic usage in the general medicine department of a tertiary hospital in South India. The objective of the study was to determine the average number of antibiotics prescribed per prescription, to identify the indication for which the antibiotics were commonly used and to determine the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital. This was a prospective observational study. About 200 patients who were prescribed antibiotics were included in the study. The data on antibiotic containing prescriptions from each patient was collected from the inpatient and outpatient department. The study was carried out from January to June, 2013. The data was collected on antibiotics was subjected for descriptive statistical analysis. A total of 200 prescriptions were studied, out of which 139 (69.5%) prescriptions were mono therapy and 61 (30.5%) prescriptions had multiple antibiotics. It was observed that out of 200 patients who were prescribed antibiotics, 110 were male (55%) and 90 were female (45%). Cephalosporins were most commonly prescribed antibiotics and ceftriaxone was prescribed mostly. The most commonly prescribed antibiotics were Cephalosporins and most of the prescriptions contained mono therapy. The antibiotics treatment regimens given in most of the patients were without done culture sensitivity test before prescribing, which lead to irrational prescribing. Rational prescribing of antibiotics avoids polypharmacy and prevents antibiotic resistances. Keyword: drug utilization, rational antibiotic use, Schedule H 1.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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