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Abstract

Introduction


A respiratory tract infection is an infection anywhere in the respiratory tract (i.e nose, throat, lungs). The infection can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. Respiratory infections are very common. They are believed to be one of the main reasons why people visit their General Physician (GP) or Pharmacist. Respiratory tract infection is of two types Upper Respiratory Tract infection and Lower Respiratory Tract infection.


Aim


To study the prescription monitoring in respiratory tract infections in a tertiary care hospital.


Methodology


The data were collected in a prescribed performa from the medical case sheets, Drug charts, Laboratory investigations of 119 Inpatients. This was a prospective observational study carried out for Inpatients in Pulmonology department.


Results


119 patients in Pulmonology department are administered with different types of antibiotics. Majorly Macrolide antibiotics are administered. Corticosteroids are administered in patients of age group 79-88 years. 60(50.4%)  patients were administered with Macrolides, 52(43.6%) were administered with Cephalosporins, 37(31.09%) patients were administered with Pencillins, 11(9.24%) were administered with Flouroquinolones, 7(5.88%) patients were administered with Tetracyclins and the rest of patients were administered with other types of  antibiotics like Carbapenems, Glycopeptides, Sulphonamides, Oxazolidines, Antimicrobials.


Conclusion


It was observed that the patients were prescribed rationally with antibiotics, Corticosteroids(particularly in elderly patients). A prescription based survey is considered to be one of the scientific methods to access and evaluate the rationality of the prescription for observation of drug utilization study. This observational, prospective study on drug use reflects the actual clinical practice in the communication.

Keywords

Respiratory tract infection Antibiotics Prescription Rational Inpatients Pulmonology

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R Ragini, Shivkumar Shete, K Anoosha, P Anees, & Afshan Shadab baig. (2021). The study of prescription pattern in respiratory tract infection diseases in a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics, 7(1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijrpp.v7.iss1.2018.12-19
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