[PDF] Top 20 Drug utilization pattern in an intensive care unit setting in Eastern India

... Central India, 4 where 66% patients were aged above 40 ...of drug interactions, development of bacterial resistance, and hospital ...Prescription pattern of AMA’s in the ... See full document

... whose utilization were 24, ...from India, most utilized antibiotics were 3rd generation cephalosporins ...in pattern of utilization could be attributed to change in culture sensitivity ... See full document

... prevailing drug utilization trend in the Cardiology ICU of GMCH, ...Guwahati. Drug utilisation has been defined as “the marketing, distribution, prescription and use of drugs in a society with ... See full document

... neonatal intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a highly specialized unit that provides high quality skilled care to critically ill new newborn, premature or low birth weight ...of drug ... See full document

... predominant pattern (71%), which is also consistent with the various DUS already conducted in ...Neonatal Unit of National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan from 1st January 2001 to 31st December ... See full document

... developed multidrug resistant organisms and increase hospital acquired infections. 4 It can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay, and healthcare expenditures. 5,6 Inappropriate use of broad ... See full document

... in India male population has more access to medical facility compared to females, who even in critical illnesses are reluctant to utilize health care facilities, especially in those of lower socioeconomic ... See full document

... the pattern of cardiovascular drug usage was given importance, follow up of the patients once they are stabilized and shifted to wards would have given more information about drug induced adverse ... See full document

... This was a 3 months study, which is one of the limitations, longer duration study may provide better information regarding utilization pattern. As it was a retrospective study, it was not possible to assess ... See full document

... prescribing pattern could be improved by reducing the number of drugs per prescription and by prescribing generic drugs to reduce the economic burden of the patients as these drugs are used for long ...Health ... See full document

... health care faculties even if they are critically ill; especially in the lower socio economic strata In our study higher utilization of Cephalosporins ...antimicrobial drug class ...critical ... See full document

... neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and treated. A great care needs to be taken to use drugs in neonates due to the immaturity of their body ...standard drug prescribing guideline in ... See full document

... There were some limitations to this study, because patients who were in the incubation period of nosocomial CONCLUSION The present study on the bacteriological profiles of the nosocomial infections showed that the rate ... See full document

... The intensive care unit (ICU) is a setting where most patients with serious diseases are admitted. Therefore, a large number of drugs are employed to save these patients and that make them ... See full document

... Which shows higher prescription of generic names compared to other study. 17,18 Most common co-morbidities associated seen in CCU admitted patients were hypertension that we found in our study. In our study while ... See full document

... in drug consumption over ...of drug consumption in different parts of this country and international ...the pattern of AMA use in DDD / 100 bed days was analyzed. The utilization of AMAs in ... See full document

... neonatal intensive care unit of tertiary care hospital situated in rural part of western Maharashtra, India and the data generated from this could be used to develop effective ... See full document

... utilisation pattern of AMAs assessing anatomic therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification and measuring the antimicrobial consumption index (ACI) equal to DDD per 100 bed days were collected and subjected to ... See full document

... The WHO core drug prescribing indicators are efficient tools to assess and detect potential problems in drug use in health care setting. In the present study, average number of drugs per ... See full document

... These results in higher percentage of neonatal exposure to these two drugs. In this study, none of the antimicrobial was able to reach the DU 90% criteria for drug utilization. In our hospital despite ... See full document