ArticleInfection and drug resistance2019
An Evaluation Of Antibiotics Prescribing Patterns In The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital In Saudi Arabia.
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- WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators among tertiary regional referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a call to strengthen antibiotic stewardship programmes.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Clinical Outcome and Cost Analysis of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in the Emergency Department in Saudi Arabia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Characteristics of patients infected with Clostridioides difficile at a Saudi Tertiary Academic Medical Center and assessment of antibiotic duration.Gut pathogens · 2021Article
- Clinical Efficacy and Cost Analysis of Antibiotics for Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Adult Outpatient Antibiotics Use at Jimma Medical Center (with Defined Daily Doses for Usage Metrics).Infection and drug resistance · 2021Article
- Systematic Review: Study of the Prescribing Pattern of Antibiotics in Outpatients and Emergency Departments in the Gulf Region.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Using the EQ-5D-3L in Saudi Arabia.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Article
- The magnitude of prescribing medicines by brand names in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania.The journal of medicine accessArticle
- Assessment of drug utilization pattern of antimicrobial agents in hospitalized patients with Infectious Diseases: A cross-sectional study in the United Arab Emirates.Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAntibiotic prescriptions at emergency departments (ED) could be a primary contributing factor to the overuse of antimicrobial agents and subsequently antimicrobial resistance. The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of antibiotic prescriptions at an emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.
methodsA cross-sectional study, based on a review of antibiotic prescriptions was conducted. All cases who visited the emergency department over a three-month period with a complaint of infection were analyzed in terms of patient characteristics (age, sex, infection type, and number of visits) and prescription characteristics (antibiotic category, spectrum, course and costs). The World Health Organization and International Network of Rational Use of Drugs prescribing indicators were presented. Descriptive and analytic statistics were applied.
resultsA total of 36,069 ED visits were recorded during the study period, of which 45,770 drug prescriptions were prescribed, including 6,354 antibiotics. The average number of drugs per encounter was 1.26, while the percentage of encounters with a prescribed antibiotic was 17.6%. Among antibiotic prescriptions, the percentage of encounters with injection antibiotics was 15.2%. Almost 77% of antibiotics were prescribed by their generic names, and the percentage of antibiotics prescribed from the essential list was 100%.
conclusionThe average number of drugs per encounter in general and antibiotics per encounter in specific at this setting was lower than the standard value. However, the percentage of antibiotics prescribed by its generic name was less than optimal.
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