Meropenem utilization in military hospital’s ICU, Khartoum-Sudan
Other Title(s)
تداول الميروينيم في وحدة العناية المشددة لمستشفى عسكري في الخرطوم - السودان
Joint Authors
Khidr, Salah I.
Awad Allah, Usamah Ali
Source
Arab Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Syria
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Patients admitted to the Intensive care unit (ICU) are seriously ill, and often suffer from chronic critical illnesses.
Antimicrobial agents are one of the frequently utilized drug classes in an ICU setting.
The objective of this study is evaluate the utilization of Meropenem in ICU Sudanese patients in a military hospital.
This longitudinal observational prospective study was from the patient’s files, attended ICU military hospital, during the period from September – October 2015.
A pre-designed and tested questionnaire was used to collect the data.
The collected data, entered and analyzed using SPSS software version 17.0.
52% of the patients taking Meropenem were female.
52.4% from the patients presented in ICU taking Meropenem their age above 60 years old.
81% of patients prescribed to them Meropenem empirically, 4.8% of patients having pneumonia and 4.8% having septicemia so prescribed to them Meropenem.
No culture sensitivity test done before prescribing Meropenem.
76.2% of patients have therapeutic response after using Meropenem, while 9.5% failed to respond to Meropenem (therapeutic failure).
The majority of the patients (61.9%) prescribed them Meropenem in dose 0.5-1gm 12 hourly.
As conclusion, Meropenem use in this study appears to be inconsistent with evidence based assessment criteria.
The most evident inappropriateness was observed when Meropenem was used as an empirical therapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Awad Allah, Usamah Ali& Khidr, Salah I.. 2019. Meropenem utilization in military hospital’s ICU, Khartoum-Sudan. Arab Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences،Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1424891
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Awad Allah, Usamah Ali& Khidr, Salah I.. Meropenem utilization in military hospital’s ICU, Khartoum-Sudan. Arab Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 6, no. 2 (Dec. 2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1424891
American Medical Association (AMA)
Awad Allah, Usamah Ali& Khidr, Salah I.. Meropenem utilization in military hospital’s ICU, Khartoum-Sudan. Arab Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2019. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1424891
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 5-7
Record ID
BIM-1424891