Tanzeel Ahmed*, Noman ul Haq, Syed Azhar Hussain Zaidi, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Ammar, Muhammad Minhas
2018-01-27
<p>Objective: The investigation of patient’s treatment outcome, death rate and errors of omission in antibiotics agents utilized in pediatric inpatients. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of admissions. The examination utilized information collected tentatively inside a 50-bed pediatric ward of Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan. The information was collected by the examination of patient admission /discharge register by ward Pharmacist from October 2016 to March 2017. The total 735 patient were conceded trough out the investigation span. Information was recorded in a data collection form and analyzed. The recurrence and rate were investigated by utilizing SPSS 22. Result: The total 735 patients were conceded all through the investigation, out of which 448 (60.95 %) were male and 287 (39.05%) were female and total medication administrations were 20095. Discharged/ improved were 531 (72.24%), Expired were 35 (4.74%), LAMA (left against medicinal advice) were 76 (10.34%), intravenous medication was stopped in 4 patients which was (0.54%), discharged on request 16 (2.17%), referred to other hospital 3 (0.40%) and still present in ward were 66 (8.79%). The omission errors in the antibiotic agents as follows; in ceftriaxone sodium was 4062 (20.21%), ampicillin+clavulanic acid 3179 (15.81%), streptomycin 29 (14.43%), vancomycin 1277 (6.35%) and cefepime 222 (1.10). Conclusion: The patient’s treatment outcome in pediatric ward of tertiary care was higher. One of the real reasons for mortality and morbidity might be omission errors. Keywords: Patients, treatment outcome, omission errors, antibiotics, Pharmacist, Quetta, Pakistan.</p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1161341
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INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, 05(01), 476-482, (2018-01-27)
Patients, treatment outcome, omission errors, antibiotics, Pharmacist, Quetta, Pakistan.
ANALYSIS OF THE PATIENTS TREATMENT OUTCOME ADMITTED IN THE PROVINCIAL TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL WITH RESPECT TO ANTIBIOTICS OMISSION ERRORS IN QUETTA CITY, PAKISTAN
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