Antibiotic prescribing in women during and after delivery in a non-teaching, tertiary care hospital in Ujjain, India: a prospective cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Kalpana Mahadik¹  Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg¹  Megha Sharma¹  Michele Santacatterina¹  Suryaprakash Dhaneria¹  Linda Sanneving¹ 

[1] 1Global Health, IHCAR, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Antibiotic prescribing;    Vaginal delivery;    Cesarean section;    Non-teaching hospital;    Ujjain;    Madhya Pradesh;    India;   

DOI  :  10.1186/2052-3211-6-9

学科分类：药理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Objectives

Antibacterial drugs (hereafter referred to as antibiotics) are crucial to treat infections during delivery and postpartum period to reduce maternal mortality. Institutional deliveries have the potential to save lives of many women but extensive use of antibiotics, add to the development and spread of antibiotic resistance. The aim of this study was to present antibiotic prescribing among inpatients during and after delivery in a non-teaching, tertiary care hospital in the city of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.

【 授权许可】

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