Abstract: Pneumonia is a common illness in all parts of the world. It is a major cause of death among all age groups. In children, the majority of deaths occur in the newborn period, with over two million worldwide deaths a year. In fact, the WHO estimates that one in three newborn infant deaths is due to pneumonia. Antibiotics and some supportive drugs are given commonly as the treatment of pneumonia in hospitals. This retrospective study was designed to observe the adherence of the prescribing practices of hospitalized children suffering from pneumonia with the essential drug list (EDL) of Bangladesh. During the ten-months study period, 532 children (under 5 years of age) suffering from Pneumonia were enrolled from the Institutes of Child Health & Shisu Sasthya Foundation Hospital, Mirpur, Dhaka. The study revealed that cephalosporin alone or in combination with an aminoglycoside was the most common antibiotic prescribed for the treatment of children suffering from pneumonia. But surprisingly this given treatment had very insignificant (7.98%) adherence with the essential drug list (EDL) of Bangladesh. This study, therefore, suggests the need for updating the EDL of Bangladesh with modern evidence. Furthermore, countywide multicenter research with a larger sample can be carried out to consolidate the observation of this study.
Keyword: Pneumonia, Essential Drug List, Ceftriaxone, Prescription, EDL.
Title: Current Prescribing Practices for the Hospitalized Children Suffering From Pneumonia With Respect To Essential Drug List of Bangladesh
Author: Md. Anisur Rahman, Hamza Hemal
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-3148 (online), ISSN 2348-313X (Print)
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