PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF DRUGS IN PEDIATRIC WARDS AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL
Journal Title: Int J of Pharm Rev& Res - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Pediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. Inappropriate prescribing is a recognized worldwide problem of the health care delivery system. Antibiotics are the widely used drugs in modern medical care. A prospective observational study was carried out at inpatient department of pediatrics in Tertiary Care teaching hospital, Tirupati from Nov 2014 to Feb 2015 during regular ward rounds. This study was aimed to find the types of diseases and the drug prescribing patterns in the children. The demographic, disease prevalence, immunization history and treatment data of 100 in patients were collected in a specially designed proforma. In this study male patients were listed more 57% than the female patients 43%. Majority number of patients was in Children’s (1-6 years) age group 42% followed by children’s (6-12years) 29% patients. In our study most of the patients were diagnosed for respiratory tract infections i.e. 23 patients followed by 20 patients were diagnose for fever. In total 100 patients, majority of drugs were antibiotics 137 (23.18%) followed by NSAIDS 90 (15.22%) and bronchodilators 42 (7.1%). In total antibiotics Cephalosporins (51%) were the major class of drugs prescribed followed by Aminoglycosides (23%).This study shows the wider usage of antibiotics in hospitalized pediatric patients. Rational use of cephalosporins will enhance the appropriate of therapy and treatment, which reduces the resistance of antibiotic ADR and benefit cost to the pediatric population.
Authors and Affiliations
Surendra Reddy N , Manohar B2 , Durga Bhavani M1 , Kejiya G1 , Sreevidya C1 , Ranganayakulu D3
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