Abstract

ZAVALA-GONZALEZ, Marco Antonio  and  SANCHEZ-SANTANA, Ruth. Antibiotics prescription quality in pediatric service of General Hospital from Cardenas, Tabasco, Mexico, 2010. Rev. mex. cienc. farm [online]. 2014, vol.45, n.2, pp.37-42. ISSN 1870-0195.

A research in order to determine antibiotics prescription quality was achieved in a pediatric service from General Hospital at Cardenas, Tabasco, Mexico during 2010. A drug utilization study was made in a universe of 678 patients taking a random sample of 152 clinical files aleatorily selected. The information was systematized from clinical files and prescription quality was evaluated comparing against clinical guidelines. 80.3% patients received antibiotics. The most frequent prescription motive was Gastroenteritis (16.4%). 98% of antibioticswere prescribed with therapeutic purpose. The most frequent antibiotics were Amikacina (37.4%) and Ampicillin (25.6%). 93% prescriptions were of inadequate quality. The most frequent prescription fail was inadequate length (79.9%). Educative and managerial strategies are required to improve antibiotic prescription.

Keywords : Pediatrics; Drug Prescriptions; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription quality.

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