Open AccessThe Prescribing of MEBO Ointment in a Public Hospital in Alkharj
Author(s) -
Nehad J. Ahmed,
Ahmed H. Almutairi,
Faris A. Alotaibi,
Menshawy A. Menshawy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i59b34397
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , emergency department , outpatient clinic , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing
Aim: The present study aimed to describe the prescribing of moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO) in Alkharj.
Methodology: This is a retrospective study that includes reviewing the electronic prescriptions that included MEBO among the patients who received medications from the outpatient department in a public hospital in Alkharj.
Results: More than 61% of the patients who received MEBO ointment were female patients and about 61.98% of them received MEBO ointment for 1 week. Most of the prescribers were residents (76.86%). More than 46% of the prescriptions were prescribed by emergency department, about 24% were prescribed by plastic surgery department.
Conclusion: The use of MEBO ointment in the outpatient setting in Alkharj was uncommon. Further studies are needed to explore the pattern of using burn treating ointments such as MEBO ointment in the outpatient setting and in other settings.