Prescribing Pattern of Antibiotics in Pediatric Patients in the Jazan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

RGUHS Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Khaled M Alakhali¹  Asif Ansari Shaik Mohammad¹ 

[1] Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

关键词: Antibiotics;    Pediatric;    Misuse;    Resistance.;   

DOI  :  10.5530/rjps.2014.3.6

学科分类：药学、药理学、毒理学（综合）

来源: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Objective: The main objective is to study the prescribing pattern of antibiotic in hospital pediatric in-patient. Method: An observational and retrospective study of two month’s duration was undertaken during April-May of 2014. A total number of 144 patients were taken for the study. Results: The mean age of patient on antibiotic was 3.71±3.62. 209 antibiotics were prescribed to the patients and the average number of antibiotics per prescription was 1.45±0.58. Fever (12.5%) and pneumonia (9.7%) were most frequently found diseases in infants, while other diseases constitute 47.9%. Cephalosporin group of antibiotics were most frequently (52%) prescribed antibiotics, followed by aminoglycoside group (17.3%), penicillins (12.5%), macrolides (8.3%) and quinolones (0.69%). Most of the antibiotics were administered parenterally for inpatients. Conclusion: Antibiotic prescribing in children is relatively high in Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. Prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics though has increased demonstrably which may result in development of bacterial resistance; however development of guidelines for antibiotic prescription and use of appropriate drugs for the disease can result in minimizing the unfavorable use of antibiotics in children.

【 授权许可】

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