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Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among pediatric inpatients in different type hospitals

Authors :
Chaomin Wan
Zhiling Wang
Yun Zhao
Yu Zhu
Liling Zhang
Juan Liu
Huiqiong Yan
Ruixue Miao
Jing Qin
Jialing Xia
Source :
Medicine
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

To investigate the situation of antibiotic consumption and to assess the inappropriate use on pediatric inpatients of different types hospitals in Sichuan, China. A cross-sectional survey of antibiotic prescriptions among hospitalized children aged 1month -14years were conducted from April 2018 to June 2018 in southwestern China. Antibiotic prescriptions were extracted from electronic records during hospitalization of each inpatient in five different types hospitals. In this study, the antibiotic prescription rate of hospitalized children was 66.9% (1176/1758). Compared with tertiary children hospital (TC) (46.1%), general hospitals and non-tertiary children hospitals has higher rate of antibiotic prescription (almost 85%) (P

Details

ISSN :
15365964
Volume :
99
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c62c9e4447b1b85668cacb237a985e9e