Evaluation of Prescription Practices of Antibiotics in Respiratory Tract Infections at Imbaba Chest Hospital

Abstract

or many years, proper application of antibiotics (ABs) has been difficult to regulate and to control. Several studies have shown that administration of antibiotics was inappropriate in 22% to 65% of patients that received treatment. This study aimed to evaluate prescription practices of antibiotics in respiratory tract infections among patients The current study was prospective in design. It was conducted in Imbaba chest hospital and included 30 physicians for evaluation of their antibiotic prescription pattern and 95 patients evaluating their antibiotic prescription pattern for respiratory tract infection during their admission to the ward and RICU Near half of physicians (46.67%) had their scientific data about antibiotics from text books, the rest of them use internet and pharmaceutical company reports (20% for each) to enhance their knowledge about antibiotics and the prescription of antibiotic for managing RTI depend mainly on empirical base (100%) of physicians. The commonest factors that interfere with antibiotic selection were severity of infection and its site (86.67% and 73.33% respectively), followed by patient's age and co-morbidities (60% and 46.67% respectively) then efficacy of antibiotics and its side effects (46.67% and 26.67%) respectively.