STUDY ON PRESCRIPTION PATTEN OF ANTIBIOTICS ON BRONCHOPNEUMONIA IN A TERTARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL- AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

2016-10-16T02-20-53Z
Source: Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Dr. Stimson Jose, Dr. Eldho Mathew Paul, Dr. Benson Koshy, Dr. Basvanthappa SP, Dhivya Jose.
Bronchopneumonia is the inflammatory condition of the lung which mainly affects the alveoli, the microscopic air sacs. It is one of the leading causes of death in the world. The present observational study aims to identify antibiotic prescription patterns and the average hospital duration of the paediatric inpatients in the department. A total of 120 inpatients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The Current diagnosis, treatment chart, length of hospital stay on admission to discharge were recorded and analyzed. In this study males are more as compared to females with similar severity of illness and the maximum number of patients (45%) comes under the age group of 12-24 months. Study states that the maximum number of patients (58.33%) admitted with severe pneumonia followed by very severe and mild pneumonia. We also observed that most of the patients (42.4%) stayed in the hospital for a period of 6-8 days and majority of them was on dual drug therapy. We also found that cephalosporins are the most commonly prescribed antibiotic for the management of bronchopneumonia, mostly given by intravenous route and Prescriptions are mainly ordered in Brand names. The present study provides an overall pattern of antibiotic usage in patients admitted with bronchopneumonia.


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