G304(P) Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in al-elwia pediatric teaching hospital, baghdad, 201

Abstract

Background Antibiotics are among the most commonly used medicine, in both community and hospital setting, all over the world especially in countries where there are no strict guidelines to regulate their use. In Iraq, only a few studies have been conducted to describe the antibiotic prescription pattern in general hospitals and even less in pediatric hospitals. Objective To describe the patterns for antibiotics used in Elwia pediatric teaching hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Type of the study: Descriptive cross sectional study. Methodology The study was conducted at AL-Elwia Pediatric Teaching Hospital during the year 2016. A random sample from all the prescriptions sheets, of patients consulting outpatient clinic or admitted to different departments were studied for different parameters in different departments of the hospital. Results A total number of 9440 prescriptions were collected and analyzed. The age group 1–5 years was the most common group consulting the hospital followed by those below 6 months of age. About 51% of all patients were males. The study revealed that 87.56% of all patients consulting the hospital received antibiotics. The highest rate of antibiotic use was in inpatient department (99.9%) followed by NNCU (92.11%). Amoxicillin was the most preferred antibiotics by pediatrician in outpatient, inpatient and ER department. Conclusion The results of this study indicate that there is, in general, overuse of antibiotics in all hospital departments when compared with other developing countries.