Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze antibiotic prescribing patterns in
pediatric outpatients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Eastern India, to identify use of …

BACKGROUND The invention of antimicrobials emerged as a transformational turning point
in the reduction of the burden of communicable disease in the 20th century. Antimicrobials …

The antimicrobials emerged as a turning point in the reduction of the burden of infectious
disease in the 20th century. Among antimicrobials antibiotic are most widely prescribed …

Background: Infancy and childhood is a period of rapid growth and development. The
various organs, body system and enzymes that handles the drugs develops at different …

Background: A community pharmacist is generally involved in the activities such as
dispensing of drugs and medication aids, billing, patient counseling, and provision of …

Pediatric is the medicine specialization concerned with the health of infants, children, and
adolescents. Worldwide, many infectious diseases were controlled in the 20th century by …

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A clinical audit was performed to assess antibiotic
prescription rate (APR) for URTI in the pediatric OPD against the available benchmark. The …

Objective: Our objective of the study was to evaluate the prescribing patterns of drugs with
cost analysis in pediatric inpatients at tertiary care hospital. Methods: It is an observational …

Background: Data regarding local drug prescribing are scarce, especially in pediatric
population. Evaluation of prescriptions will be helpful in promoting rational prescribing …

Background: Excessive use of antibiotics is one of the common problems in health care
system. Improper or unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics leads to emergence of …