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Frequency of antibiotics prescribed for URIs and AD patients

Frequency of antibiotics prescribed for URIs and AD patients

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Table 1 . Characteristics of participants who were prescribed antibiotics
Table 3 . Frequency of antibiotics prescribed for URIs and AD patients
Cost-analysis of antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory infections (URIs) and acute diarrhea (AD) from hospital perspective: A cross sectional study in Noenmaprang district hospital
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  • Jan 2019
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, implemented key performance indicators (KPIs) for rational drug use (RDU) since 2016. The target was limitation of antibiotic prescription for less than 20% among upper respiratory infections (URIs) and acute diarrhea (AD) patients. This cross sectional descriptive study aimed to define the direct cost of antibi...
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... we investigated 62 AD patients who were prescribed controversial antibiotics, 21 cases (33.9%) had at least one risk factor which possibly a rational prescription. These risk factors were age more than 70 years old in 6 patients and fever more than 38 C in 15 patients Table 3 shows frequency of antibiotics used. Amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic were the highest prescribed drugs for URIs. ...
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... we investigated 62 AD patients who were prescribed controversial antibiotics, 21 cases (33.9%) had at least one risk factor which possibly a rational prescription. These risk factors were age more than 70 years old in 6 patients and fever more than 38 C in 15 patients Table 3 shows frequency of antibiotics used. Amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic were the highest prescribed drugs for URIs. ...

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