Open AccessThe Study of Drug-Related Problems in Pediatric Inpatients Utilizing Antibiotics in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital Medan, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Embun Suci Nasution,
Rasmadin Muchtar,
Rony Abdi Syahputra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2022.7552
Subject(s) - medicine , medical record , antibiotics , incidence (geometry) , cefotaxime , pediatrics , drug , emergency medicine , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , psychiatry , optics , biology
BACKGROUND: Drug-related problems (DRPs) and errors occur frequently in general health and pediatric care due to several reasons.AIM: This study aims to determine the DRPs incidence in pediatric inpatients utilizing antibiotics in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, Medan, Indonesia.MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was carried out in May–July 2019 using a retrospective cross-sectional method and the data obtained from June to December 2018.RESULTS: In the aforementioned hospital, the medical records of patients were 575 among which 135 (23.47%) met the inclusion criteria and the males, 84 (62.22%) were higher than females. Furthermore, majority of them, 55 (40.74%) were 5–11 years old, and 86 (63.70%) had a maximum stay length of ≥5 days. There were 73 DRPs events in 37 patients, namely, 46 (63.01%) low doses, 22 (30.14%) overdoses, 2 (2.74%) side effects of drugs, and 3 (4.11%) drug interactions. The most experienced antibiotic DRPs were in cefotaxime 14 (19.17%) and the most diagnosed was in appendicitis 14 (10.37%) utilization.CONCLUSION: There were antibiotic DRPs in pediatric inpatients in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, Medan.