Evaluation of antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in a paediatric department of a training hospital in Turkey

OĞUZ E., Bebitoglu B., Nuhoglu C., Cag Y., Hodzic A., Temel F., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.75, sa.3, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 75 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ijcp.13782
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background Antibiotics are widely used and inaccurate or inappropriate prescription of antibiotics causes a significant increase in the prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections among children. This research aimed to study antibiotic prescriptions in hospitalised paediatric patients and to determine the prevalence of inappropriate antimicrobial use and the main types of prescribing errors.