Antibiotic prescribing in the pediatric emergency department

Kolyva, Soultana; Gkentzi, Despoina; Koulouri, A; Dimitriou, Gabriel

doi:10.1080/1120009x.2015.1121008

Journal of Chemotherapy

2016

DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2015.1121008

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Antibiotic prescribing in the pediatric emergency department

Soultana Kolyva

Despoina Gkentzi

A Koulouri

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“…Regarding the ERdepartment, our study shows a high rate of prescription (79.79%). In a study from Greece antibiotics were prescribed for only 15.8% of all seen and 40.6% of those diagnosed with acute infection in pediatric ER department (30). A lower rate also reported from Saudi Arabia of 18.5% (31).In the United States, each year in children hospitals, approximately 250 million antibiotic prescriptions are written from the ED; as many as 30% of antibiotics prescribed in the ED are considered either inappropriate or unnecessary (32).…”

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Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, 2016.

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Background: Antibiotics are among the most commonly used medicine, in both community and hospital setting, all over the world especially in countries where no strict guideline to regulate their use. In Iraq, only a few studies conducted to describe the antibiotic prescription pattern in general hospitalsand even less in pediatric hospital. Objective: To describe the patterns for antibiotics used in Elwia pediatric teaching hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Type of the study: Descriptive cross sectional study. .Methodology: The study was conducted at AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospitalduring the year 2016. A random sample from all the prescriptions sheets, of patients consulting outpatient clinic or admitted to different departments were studied for different parameters in different departments of the hospital. Results:A total number of 9440 prescriptions, were collected and analyzed.The age group 1-5 years was the most common group consulting the hospital followed by those below 6 months of age. About 51% of all patients were males. The study revealedthat 87.56% of all patients consulting the hospital were received antibiotics. The highest rate of antibiotic used was in inpatient department (99.9%) followed by NNCU (92.11%). Amoxicillin was the most preferred antibiotics by pediatrician in outpatient, inpatient and ER department. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that there is, in general, overuse of antibiotics in all hospital departments when compared with other developing countries.

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Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, 2016.

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Al-Kindy Col. Med. J

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Adecuacy of pediatric antimicrobial prescribing in the Emergency Department at discharge

Garcia-Moreno

Escobar-Castellanos

Marañón

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Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)

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Adecuación de la prescripción de antimicrobianos en procesos ambulatorios atendidos en Urgencias

Garcia-Moreno

Escobar-Castellanos

Marañón

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Anales de Pediatría

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Antibiotic prescribing in the pediatric emergency department

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Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, 2016.

Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, 2016.

Adecuacy of pediatric antimicrobial prescribing in the Emergency Department at discharge

Adecuación de la prescripción de antimicrobianos en procesos ambulatorios atendidos en Urgencias

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