作者
Qalab Abbas, Anwar Ul Haq, Raman Kumar, Syed Asad Ali, Kashif Hussain, Sadia Shakoor
发表日期
2016/5
期刊
Indian journal of critical care medicine: peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
卷号
20
期号
5
页码范围
291
出版商
Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
简介
Background:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) patients are often prescribed antibiotics with a low threshold in comparison to patients elsewhere. Irrational antibiotics use can lead to rapid emergence of drug resistance, so surveillance of their use is important.
Objectives:
To evaluate the use of antibiotics in relation to bacteriological findings in PICU of a Tertiary Hospital.
Methods:
Retrospective review of medical records of all children (age 1 month–16 years) admitted in our closed multidisciplinary-cardiothoracic PICU from January to June 2013 was performed, after approval from Ethical Review Committee. For each antibiotic, indication (prophylactic, empiric, therapeutic) and duration of use were recorded. All diagnoses of infections were recorded according to diagnostic criteria of IPSCC 2005. Results are presented as frequency and percentages and median with inter quartile range using SPSS version 19 …
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