ArticleJournal of basic and clinical pharmacy2013
Drug utilization pattern in an Omani pediatric population.
Article in Journal of basic and clinical pharmacy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- A Snapshot of Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions upon Pediatric Discharge in Oman.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Drug Use Pattern in Pediatric Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital Using WHO Drug-Prescribing Indicators.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Prescribing Indicators in a Paediatric Population Seen in an Outpatient Consultation at the Gaspard Kamara Health Centre in 2019 (Senegal).Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Two decades of off-label prescribing in children: a literature review.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2018Review
- Prescription audit in a paediatric sickle cell clinic in South-West Nigeria: A cross-sectional retrospective study.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2017Article
- Antibiotic prescribing trends in an omani paediatric population.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2014Article
- Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing pattern in pediatrics in a tertiary care hospital.Avicenna journal of medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveEvidence suggests that medication errors have a higher incidence in children and infants than in adults. At present, there is limited local data that investigates the drug prescription trends in pediatric populations. This study aims at understanding drug utilization patterns in pediatric patients at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Oman. MATERIALS AND
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient pediatric clinics and inpatient pediatric wards at SQUH, a tertiary care hospital attached to the Sultan Qaboos University Medical College, Oman.
resultsThe average number of drugs per prescription was 2.3 ± 1.5, and it was almost similar in all age groups and in both males and females. About 16% of the study group received antibiotics. Paracetamol was the most prescribed drug in the patients (13%). Respiratory system drugs were the most prescribed class of drugs (22%) and salbutamol was the most prescribed drug in this class.
conclusionsThis study will help in assessing rational usage and cost control of various medications used in the pediatric setting.
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