Prescribing Patterns of Antimicrobial Usage in Ophthalmology Out Patients Department at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Suman, Rajesh Kumar; Mohanty, Ipseeta Ray; Gore, Varshav; Israni, Neeraj; Deshmukh, Y. A.

doi:10.5455/2319-2003.ijbcp20150422

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“…These are similar findings to the study of Vaniya et al where female patients (53.16%) were more with the mean age of study sample being 40.1±22.2 years [11]. Prajapati and Yadav et al, Prajwal et al, and Suman et al were having a male preponderance in their respective studies [12][13][14]. These differences can be attributed to the fact that demographic data depend and differ on the basis of geographic conditions, social, and cultural practices of specific regions.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…the drugs prescribed for ophthalmology outpatient department. Other similar studies cited in the literature, i.e., Suman et al [14] 64% and 62% drugs were prescribed from NLEM, while other studies cited in the literature by Vaniya et al [11] and Jadhav et al [20] show a mere 24% and 19.48% of the drugs respectively were prescribed from NLEM. Percentage of drugs prescribed from NLEM depicts the degree to which drug prescribing adheres to the national drug policy.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…In a similar study of Vaniya et al, 0.7% of encounters were injections. These findings are in contrast with those of studies of Suman et al and Rathnakar et al where no encounters were noted with injections [14,19]. Overall low usage of injections can be because of the fact that studies were focused on the prescription pattern of ophthalmic OPD where most of the ophthalmic drugs are used topically.…”

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Drug Utilization Study in Ophthalmology Outpatient Department in a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Maharashtra

et al. 2018

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: Drug utilization research is an essential part of pharmacoepidemiology as it describes the extent, nature, and determinants of drug exposure. Indiscriminate use of topical antibiotics, steroids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs causes histological and structural changes in the conjunctiva. The present study was proposed to investigate prescription and drug utilization practices in ophthalmology outpatient department (OPD) in a government tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra.Methodology: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital of rural Maharashtra, India, from January 2015 to June 2016 after approval of the institutional ethics committee. Patients of all age group and of either gender attending ophthalmology OPD in a tertiary care hospital were included in the study. Patients not willing to consent as well as follow-up patients were excluded from the study. Data collection was done in a predesigned pro forma. Prescriptions were evaluated for demographic data, World Health Organization (WHO) core drug prescription indicators. Statistical analysis was performed using Microsoft Office Excel® 2007.Results: In a total of 600 patients, females outnumbered males. A bit less than a half of patients belonged to the age group of 19–45 years. An average number of drugs per encounter was (1080/600), i.e. 1.8. Of 1080 total drugs prescribed, 678 drugs (62.78%) were prescribed by their generic name. 1027/1080 (95.09%) drugs were prescribed from the National List of Essential Medicines and 671/1080 (62.13%) drugs prescribed were from the WHO- Essential medicines List. Total encounters having antibiotics and injectable formulations were 274 (45.66%) and 4 (0.66%), respectively.Discussion: Drug utilization studies (DUS) are a tool for assessing the prescribing, dispensing, and distribution of drugs. The main aim of DUS is to facilitate rational use of medicines. Overall findings of the study suggest that ophthalmologists’ drug prescribing habits were appropriate to a larger extent in the current setting.

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“…Antibiotics are one of the commonly prescribed drugs in Ophthalmology department for treatment of ocular diseases and according to WHO utilization of antibiotics is one of the essential core drug use indicator (Topno et al, 2012;Suman et al, 2017). Unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with increased chances of drug resistance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with increased chances of drug resistance. Thus, it becomes necessary to study the utilization pattern of antimicrobial drugs at a periodic interval to promote the rational use of antimicrobials as well as to prevent antimicrobial resistance (Suman et al, 2013(Suman et al, , 2017Vaniya et al, 2016). Keeping this in mind, the present study was done with the aim to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antimicrobial drugs in patients presenting to Ophthalmology Out Patient Department (OPD) of Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, India.…”

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Assessment of Antimicrobial Prescribing Pattern in the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Uttar Pradesh, India

2018

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Introduction: Assessment of prescribing pattern at regular interval is essential to avoid inappropriate use of drugs, especially of antimicrobial drugs. Objectives: The present study was performed to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antimicrobial drugs in the Ophthalmology Out-Patient Department (OPD) of Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, India. Material and method: The present study included a total 600 prescriptions of patients attending OPD. A structured proforma was used to record all necessary information of each patient including demographic profi le of patient, diagnosis, total number of drugs and antimicrobials prescribed, group of antimicrobial prescribed, the percentage of antimicrobials prescribed by generic name etc. Results: Total 600 prescriptions were evaluated. Mean age of the study subjects was 28.4 ± 15.05 years. Total 720 antimicrobials were prescribed and the average number of antimicrobial drugs per prescription was 1.2. Fluoroquinolones were most commonly prescribed antimicrobial drugs followed by aminoglycosides and macrolides. 85% of drugs were prescribed in the form of eye drops while 15% were in the form of an ointment. 1.2% of antimicrobial drugs were prescribed by generic names. Out of total antimicrobials drugs, 420 drugs were in the form of fi xed dose combination. Only 1.6% of drugs were prescribed from National Essential Medicines List (NEML) 2015, India. Conclusion: Most of the antimicrobials were prescribed by brand names which require important consideration to promote rational use of antimicrobial drugs. In addition, the number of drugs prescribed from NEML was very less, indicating the need of sensitization among prescribers for the promotion of rational use of drugs

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Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

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pharmacological variables and comorbidities were considered. A descriptive analysis was performed. Results A total of 8708 patients were identified; they had a median age of 44.7 years, and 59.3% were women. The most common causes of conjunctivitis were unspecified (53.1%) and allergic (37.4%). The most commonly used drug was olopatadine (26.1%), followed by dexamethasone with neomycin and polymyxin B (25.0%). A total of 97.0% of the patients received ophthalmic prescriptions, while 12.8% received systemic medications. Glucocorticoids (40.3%), antibiotics (37.7%) and antihistamines (31.7%) were the most commonly used groups of ophthalmic drugs. Glucocorticoids and ophthalmic antibiotics were the medications most frequently prescribed by general practitioners for the treatment of viral or bacterial conjunctivitis.

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Prescribing Patterns of Antimicrobial Usage in Ophthalmology Out Patients Department at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Cited by 9 publications

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Drug Utilization Study in Ophthalmology Outpatient Department in a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Maharashtra

Drug Utilization Study in Ophthalmology Outpatient Department in a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Maharashtra

Assessment of Antimicrobial Prescribing Pattern in the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Uttar Pradesh, India

Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

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