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PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGYOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the utilization and effects of
drugs in large numbers of people. Drug utilization research is an essential
part of pharmacoepidemiology as it describes the extent, nature and
determinants of drug exposure. Over time the distinction between these
two terms has become less sharp and they are sometimes used
interchangeably. This study was conducted in NEW KASR AL AINI
TEACHING HOSPITAL. It is a descriptive retrospective study, applied
on 1000 electronic medical records for patients had taken systemic antimicrobial
and / or systemic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. in
2008. It was revealed that 894 (89.4%) of patients had antibiotic
prescriptions. Cephalosporins showed the highest rate (73.8%) of
prescriptions of total antibiotics prescribed patients followed by
penicillins (29.7%) then Quinolones &sulpha group (20%) and
aminoglycosides (15.8%). Regarding other systemic antimicrobials in this
study, they represented about one quarter (25.4%) of the studied sample.
It was found that metronidazole alone was significantly higher prescribed
(84.6%) than other antimicrobials. Patients who had NSAIDs
prescriptions represented (77.4%) of the studied sample. It was found that
paracetamol was the most commonly prescribed NSAIDs (54.3%) of
NSAIDs prescribed patients, this is followed by acetic acid derivatives
group (35.4%) then salicylates &indoles almost equal percentage of usage
(26.5% & 26.1% respectively).