Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine
Background: Antibiotics are extensively used for the treatment of minor, moderate both life threatening and minor infections. Irrational use of antibiotics increases the risk of bacterial resistance. Hence, the present study was aimed to assess the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the Departm...
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
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| author | Maheswari E Arvind Kumar Gaur Khatereh Parsaei Ghaderabadi |
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| description | Background: Antibiotics are extensively used for the treatment of minor, moderate both life threatening and minor infections. Irrational use of antibiotics increases the risk of bacterial resistance. Hence, the present study was aimed to assess the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the Department of General Medicine in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: A prospective observational study was carried out at the Department of General Medicine, M.S. Ramaiah Medical Teaching hospital, Bangalore, India over a period of five months from January 2015 to May 2015. Patient’s case sheets, treatment charts and laboratory investigation were used as the source of data. Results: The mean age of the study population and duration of hospitalization was 38.54±12.27 and 6.15±2.56 days respectively and the mean number of antimicrobials per prescription was 1.44±0.74. The total number of antibiotics prescribed was 197. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes were cephalosporin (62.43%) among which ceftriaxone was the most commonly prescribed drug. Conclusions: As antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs therefore development of antibiotic use policy is very essential not only to prevent antibiotic resistance but also to reduce the treatment expenditure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dce6f032cc94637ab2bcd0593d71f812022-12-22T02:49:45ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59970972-59972017-07-01162Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General MedicineMaheswari E0Arvind Kumar Gaur1Khatereh Parsaei Ghaderabadi2Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore-560054Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore-560054Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore-560054Background: Antibiotics are extensively used for the treatment of minor, moderate both life threatening and minor infections. Irrational use of antibiotics increases the risk of bacterial resistance. Hence, the present study was aimed to assess the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the Department of General Medicine in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: A prospective observational study was carried out at the Department of General Medicine, M.S. Ramaiah Medical Teaching hospital, Bangalore, India over a period of five months from January 2015 to May 2015. Patient’s case sheets, treatment charts and laboratory investigation were used as the source of data. Results: The mean age of the study population and duration of hospitalization was 38.54±12.27 and 6.15±2.56 days respectively and the mean number of antimicrobials per prescription was 1.44±0.74. The total number of antibiotics prescribed was 197. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes were cephalosporin (62.43%) among which ceftriaxone was the most commonly prescribed drug. Conclusions: As antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs therefore development of antibiotic use policy is very essential not only to prevent antibiotic resistance but also to reduce the treatment expenditure.http://www.ojhas.org/issue62/2017-2-11.htmlAntibioticsPrescribing PatternDrug ResistanceAntimicrobials |
| spellingShingle | Maheswari E Arvind Kumar Gaur Khatereh Parsaei Ghaderabadi Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern Drug Resistance Antimicrobials |
| title | Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine |
| title_full | Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine |
| title_fullStr | Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine |
| title_short | Prescribing Pattern of Antimicrobials in the Department of General Medicine |
| title_sort | prescribing pattern of antimicrobials in the department of general medicine |
| topic | Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern Drug Resistance Antimicrobials |
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