A Prospective Study of Antibiotics Uses for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital
Abstract:
Drug utilization study plays an important role in identifying the prescription pattern among the patients which helps in providing useful information for improvement of the appropriate and effective use of antibiotics and also devel oping the proper protocols for the use of antibiotic in hospitals. Thus, a prospective study was conducted to analyze the antibiotics use for lower respiratory tract infections in department of general medicine at Integral Institute of Medical Science and Research. A prospective observational study was carried out in general medicine department over a period of 6 months enrolling 100 patients which included the evaluation of the patient’s medical records of antibiotics and physician records. A majority of patients with the lower respiratory tract infections (70%) were in the age group of 41-60 years with higher number of male patients as compared to female patients. Azithromycin (33.16%) was the mostly prescribed antibiotic followed by combination of amoxicillin plus clavulinic acid (25.91%). Several adverse drug reactions were reported. The present study gives an overview of antibiotics use and complica tions involved in the patient with lower respiratory tract infections. It will be helpful to future clinical pharmacists and clinicians for the rational use of antimicrobials and also minimizing the antibiotic resistance.
