Background: Antibiotics are one of the most important discoveries in the field of medicine and are widely used in reducing the infections. Irrational antibiotic use may result in increased cost of treatment, drug-drug interactions also cause severe adverse reactions. The objective of the study was to determine average number of antibiotics prescribed per prescription, to identify the indication for which antibiotics were commonly used and to determine the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: This was a retrospective observational study. About 300 patients who were prescribed antibiotics were included in the study. The data on antibiotic containing prescriptions from each patient was collected from the in...
Drug utilization is very important for antibiotics as they are widely used in hospitals and their in...
Background: Antibiotic resistance is rising to alarming levels that necessitates the evaluation of p...
Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs in hospitals and their irrational use is one of ...
Background: Infectious diseases represent a major cause of mortality and morbidity in India. Irratio...
Background: Indiscriminate use of antimicrobials is rampant throughout India, and this is a matter o...
Background: Irrational prescription is a major contributor to the antimicrobial resistance. Tertiary...
Background: Antibiotics are one among the commonly prescribed drugs. Patterns of antibiotic resistan...
Background: antibiotics are the commonly prescribed in the Orthopaedics Department both as prophylac...
Background: Drug utilization studies are conducted to analyze prescription pattern, facilitate ratio...
Objectives: The objective of the study was to analyze the utilization pattern of antibacterials in a...
Objective: Antimicrobials are the class of drugs that are used irrationally in most cases leading to...
The study aimed to ascertain the use and prescribing pattern of antibiotics in hospitalized patients...
BACKGROUND Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in a hospital setting, be it pa...
Background: To evaluate prescribing pattern of antimicrobial agents in indoor patients of medicine a...
Background: Antibiotics are most frequently prescribed and problem associated with antibiotics over ...
Drug utilization is very important for antibiotics as they are widely used in hospitals and their in...
Background: Antibiotic resistance is rising to alarming levels that necessitates the evaluation of p...
Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs in hospitals and their irrational use is one of ...
Background: Infectious diseases represent a major cause of mortality and morbidity in India. Irratio...
Background: Indiscriminate use of antimicrobials is rampant throughout India, and this is a matter o...
Background: Irrational prescription is a major contributor to the antimicrobial resistance. Tertiary...
Background: Antibiotics are one among the commonly prescribed drugs. Patterns of antibiotic resistan...
Background: antibiotics are the commonly prescribed in the Orthopaedics Department both as prophylac...
Background: Drug utilization studies are conducted to analyze prescription pattern, facilitate ratio...
Objectives: The objective of the study was to analyze the utilization pattern of antibacterials in a...
Objective: Antimicrobials are the class of drugs that are used irrationally in most cases leading to...
The study aimed to ascertain the use and prescribing pattern of antibiotics in hospitalized patients...
BACKGROUND Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in a hospital setting, be it pa...
Background: To evaluate prescribing pattern of antimicrobial agents in indoor patients of medicine a...
Background: Antibiotics are most frequently prescribed and problem associated with antibiotics over ...
Drug utilization is very important for antibiotics as they are widely used in hospitals and their in...
Background: Antibiotic resistance is rising to alarming levels that necessitates the evaluation of p...
Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drugs in hospitals and their irrational use is one of ...