Open AccessUsefulness of Defined Daily Dose and Days of Therapy in Pediatrics and Obstetrics-Gynecology: A Comparative Analysis of Antifungal Drugs (2000–2001, 2005–2006, and 2010–2011)
Author(s) -
Justine Guillot,
Denis Lebel,
Hélène Roy,
Philippe Ovetchkine,
Jean-François Bussières
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-19.3.196
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , obstetrics , antifungal , pediatrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics , dermatology
The objective was to describe antifungal drug use by using the number of defined daily doses (DDD)/1000 patient-days per antifungal, the number of days of therapy (DOT)/1000 patient-days per antifungal, and the mean dose in mg/kg/day per antifungal during a 10-year period.