Study of antimicrobial prescribing pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - A tool to teach clinical pharmacology to MBBS students

Beg, Mirza Atif; Bawa, Shalu; Dutta, Shaktibala; Anjoom, Mohammad; Vishal, Subhash

doi:10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20164102

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“…Such habits lead to specific brand promotions. This finding coincides with Meher et al, Beg et al, and Pandiamunian et al [12,15,16], 85% of AMAs given by oral route of administration. This is because we included patients from the outpatient department.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Betalactams are commonly used AMA and use abundantly in practice. There are many studies who found same result [4,7,[9][10][11][12][13].Beta-lactams are well established AMAs regarding their efficacy and safety that may lead to its widespread use. Pallavi et al found broad-spectrum antibiotic was most common in their study [5].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…This is because we included patients from the outpatient department. In studies conducted by Ramesh et [4,11,12,16,17].…”

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A Prospective Study on Antimicrobial Utilization Pattern in Outpatient Department at Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, India.

Deshmukh

Agarwal

Hiran

et al. 2018

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate antimicrobial prescription pattern in outpatient departments.Method: This was a prospective, cross-sectional and observational study over 12 weeks total 400 prescriptions of either gender and age; containing antimicrobial agents (AMAs) were analyzed for demographic data and the WHO prescribing indicators.Results: Most of prescription were given to men (n=262). The most common group of AMA used was Cephalosporins (n=141, 35.25%); of which Ceftriaxone was most commonly prescribed (n=73, 18.25%). 10 AMAs were from the WHO essential medicine list AMAs. Men outnumbered women in prescribing antibiotics (n=262 vs. 138). Most of AMAs receivers were between 26 and 35 years (n=128, 32%). Amoxicillin+Clavulanic acid fixeddose combination was most common (n=84, 21%). Most of the prescriptions were containing four drugs per prescriptions (n=130, 32.5%). Only 10% of the prescription was given by generic name and rest 90% were given by brand name. Oral dosage form of AMAs was predominant (n=340, 85%). Vitamins and supplement were most common comedication received by patients. Conclusion:Antibiotic use was found to be reasonable and rational in most of the cases. However, still, prescribers should improve prescribing practices and make it more rational.

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A Prospective Study on Antimicrobial Utilization Pattern in Outpatient Department at Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, India.

Deshmukh

Agarwal

Hiran

et al. 2018

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…In fact India has the highest burden of infectious disease in the world which make the inappropriate use of antibiotic a common phenomenon here. 2,3 .…”

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“…Drug utilization (DU) studies are very important for almost all therapeutic drugs especially antibiotics 4 as they are widely used in hospitals and community 3 .In India prevalence range of antibiotic use is 24 to 67 % which causes its widespread use majorly in an irrational way that ultimately leads to emergence of resistance. 2 Antibiotic resistance is a global problem more prevalent in developing countries like India. 2,3 Hence the present study was planned to examine the drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in the IPD of District Hospital Rudraprayag.…”

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Drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in district hospital Rudraprayag

Kala

Sodhi

Jain

2018

J. Drug Delivery Ther.

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Drug utilization is very important for antibiotics as they are widely used in hospitals and their in appropriate use may lead to resistance. To check this irrational use of antibiotics and promote rational use the present retrospective study was conducted to access drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in in patient department of District Hospital Rudraprayag for a period of three months. Overall 126 patients records were encountered in the study in which male female ratio .was 1 2. Prominent age range was 21-40. Overall 1064 drugs were prescribed average number of drug per prescription was 8.44. Percentage of drug by generic name was 33. Percentage of antibiotic prescribed was 82.74. Percentage of drugs with EDL was 66.16. Study results revealed poly-pharmacy, brand prescribing as common trends. Study showed need to promote prescribers to follow generic prescribing and use injectable and antibiotics rationally to prevent development of resistance in hospital and community. Keywords: Antibiotic resistance, Drug utilization, Antibiotics

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2023

IJPSR

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Background: Infections occur when viruses, bacteria, or microbes enter the body and multiply. Control of infection is achieved by using antibiotics; hence scrutiny of antibiotic prescribing patterns is an important aspect of quality and standards of clinical practice. Objective: To evaluate and analyse drug utilization and prescription pattern of antibiotics in various in-patient departments of the hospital to ensure safe and effective use. Methods and Material: A Retrospective Observational Study was carried out in 6 inpatient departments of Vivekananda General Hospital, Hubballi over a period of 1 year. A total of 993 prescriptions were collected, and the results were analyzed using MS Excel 2020, and SPSS 16.0. Results: This study reveals that the majority of patients belonging to the age group 41-60 years, received antibiotic therapy. Most patients were prescribed with antibiotic Ceftriaxone, 21.19% (n=402). Majority of the patients received antibiotics for Prophylactic treatment (44.65%). It was found that most of the patients were prescribed only one antibiotic (43.1%) whereas only 2.51% of patients were prescribed more than 4 antibiotics. Also, the prescription duration for most antibiotics was either 3 or 5 days. Conclusion: The worldwide increase in antimicrobial resistance is of great concern, and it is the responsibility of the prescribers to develop good prescribing habits. This can be achieved by educating clinicians through CME, seminars on standard treatment guidelines, essential drug list, and role of sensitivity testing in rational antibiotic prescribing.

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Study of antimicrobial prescribing pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - A tool to teach clinical pharmacology to MBBS students

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A Prospective Study on Antimicrobial Utilization Pattern in Outpatient Department at Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, India.

A Prospective Study on Antimicrobial Utilization Pattern in Outpatient Department at Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, India.

Drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in district hospital Rudraprayag

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