Rational prescribing of antibiotics in children under 5 years with upper respiratory tract infections in Kintampo Municipal Hospital in Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess the rational use of antibiotics in children with URTIs in the Kintampo Municipal Hospital in Ghana. RESULTS: A total of 839 medicines were prescribed, 237 were antibiotics. The mean number of medicines prescribed per patient encounter was 3.1. The percen...

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Autores principales: Sumaila, Abdul-Nasiru, Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29973249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3542-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29973249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3542-z

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