Antibiotics are an important aspect of pediatric medical treatment and infectious diseases the leading cause child mortality. cornerstone for bacterial infections, children received these drugs more frequently than any other class medication. Inappropriate use antibiotics is international concern promotion appropriate safe antibiotic usage need hour. The high percentage inadequate prescriptions...

BACKGROUND Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people is common in primary care and can result in increased morbidity, adverse drug events, hospitalizations and mortality. In Ireland, 36% of those aged 70 years or over received at least one potentially inappropriate medication, with an associated expenditure of over €45 million.The main objective of this study is to determine the eff...

Introduction: Rational use of Drugs is the prescription and dispensation drugs to appropriate patients in doses, for required period at lowest cost them their community. Irrational refers inappropriate which include too many (polypharmacy), unnecessary overuse antibiotics injection where oral drug suffices. A step towards preventing irrational document it a study such as this, so that correctiv...

the purpose of this study was to determine the number of prescribed antibiotics being appropriately adjusted and to assess antibiotics with the highest incorrect dosing based on the patient’s renal function according to distinguished guidelines. the study was conducted at a 446-bed university hospital. one hundred and fifty patients admitted through different wards of the hospital were included...

Antibiotic resistance, a major negative consequence of antibiotic overuse, is an important problem worldwide. Various means have been used to control antibiotic usage including the use of an antibiotic order form (AOF), restricted antibiotic formularies and provision of educational information. The present study was designed to evaluate the use of antimicrobials in a 1,000-bed university hospit...

CONTEXT Inappropriate medication use is a major patient safety concern, especially for the elderly population. Using explicit criteria, prior studies have found that 23.5% and 17.5% of the US community-dwelling elderly population used at least 1 of 20 potentially inappropriate medications in 1987 and 1992, respectively. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medic...

Background: Irrational use of antimicrobials is a complex and multifactorial problem in developing countries. Prescriptions not adhering to the treatment guidelines, self-medication, inappropriate drugs by patients can inadvertently lead development antimicrobial resistance. An observational study was designed evaluate pediatric population with respiratory tract infections its adherence nationa...

Objectives: Antimicrobial consumption in India is continuously increasing, and so are the chances of emergence antimicrobial resistance. This present study intends to identify assess appropriateness antimicrobials prescribed by rural private practitioners average cost per prescription. Methods: prospective observational was conducted Department Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Jaulan (...

BACKGROUND This study examines the association of potentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIRx) with hospitalization and death among elderly long-stay nursing home residents. METHODS We defined PIRx using the combined version of the Beers criteria. Data were from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Nursing Home Component. The study sample included 3372 residents, 65 years and ...