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Antibiotic Prescribing among Pediatric Inpatients with Potential Infections in Two Private Sector Hospitals in Central India.

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العنوان: Antibiotic Prescribing among Pediatric Inpatients with Potential Infections in Two Private Sector Hospitals in Central India.
المؤلفون: Megha Sharma, Anna Damlin, Ashish Pathak, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 11, p e0142317 (2015)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015.
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Infectious diseases are one of the major causes of child mortality in India. Pediatric patients are commonly prescribed antibiotics for non-bacterial infections. Monitoring of local antibiotic prescribing with respect to the diagnosis is necessary to improve the prescribing practices. The aim of the study was to describe antibiotic prescribing for potential infections among patients admitted in pediatric departments in two private sector hospitals; one teaching (TH) and one non-teaching (NTH) in Central India.Data from all patients admitted at the pediatric departments of both study hospitals was collected manually, for 3 years (2008-2011) using a customized form. Data from inpatients aged 0-18 years, diagnosed with; acute gastroenteritis (AGE), respiratory tract infections, enteric fever, viral fever or unspecified fever were focused for analysis. Antibiotic prescriptions were analysed using the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system and defined daily doses (DDDs). Adherence to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics list of essential medicines (IAP-LEM) was investigated. P-values
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4634959?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142317
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/def7796b37524b7b859c970144b7b48f
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.f7796b37524b7b859c970144b7b48f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142317