prescription pattern

Surgery is the art of practice or work of treating diseases, injuries or deformities by manual or operative procedures. Before the start of operative procedures, a very brief course of antibiotics is initiated. This study aims to study the antibiotic utilization in surgical prophylaxis. This was a prospective and observational study conducted on 303 patients for a period of 06 months with the approval of institutional ethical committee from the Apollo multi specialty hospital & research center. Those who satisfied the study criteria were consented and participated for the study. Among 303 patients 183 male and 120 females were enrolled for the study. Most of the participants were in the age group of 31- 40 years. 205 patients had a clean- contaminated wound. Inj. Cefuroxime was the most prescribed prophylactic and post-surgical antibiotic in this study to avoid surgical site infection. None of the patients had developed any surgical site infections and the results which were satisfiable. Rational therapy with antibiotics helped patients to improve the quality of life by reducing financial and physical burden.

This pilot study aims to assess the prescribing pattern of beta lactam antibiotics in paediatric subjects. Informed consent as per ICMR guidelines were obtained from caretakers of pediatric subjects. Case records were analyzed to identify the prescribing pattern of antibiotics. Required data were collected using a suitably designed proforma. 30 subjects with a mean age 6.5±1.35 years were involved in the study. 66.67% of the subjects belongs to male respondents and 33.33% belongs to female population. 56.67% of the subjects were involved in the age category of 2 to 5 years and 6.67% of subjects belongs to age category in between 10 to 12 years. 76.67% of pediatric subjects have a diagnosis of respiratory tract infection. No cases of CNS disorders were reported. 43.33% of Ceftizoxime, 23.33% of Cefotaxime, 13.34% of Amoxicillin+ Clavulanic acid, 10% Cefuroxime, 6.67% Ceftriaxone and 3.33% of Cefaperazone+ Tazobactum were prescribed for these pediatric subjects for various infectious states. Use of antibiotics in pediatric subjects requires great care considering the increased incidence of antibiotic resistance. From this pilot study beta lactam antibiotics were found to be prescribed commonly due to its safety and efficacy in pediatric subjects.