• 1. Department of Pharmacy, Karamay Central Hospital, Karamay, 834000, P.R.China;
  • 2. Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P.R.China;
LIU Jianhong, Email: liuxyf001@126.com; LI Youping, Email: yzmylab@hotmail.com
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Objective  To investigate drug usage and costs of pneumonia inpatients in Karamay Central Hospital in 2014 and to provide baseline for evidence-based pharmacy study of single disease in respiratory system. Methods  The information of drug use and expenditure of pneumonia inpatients were collected from the hospital information system (HIS). We analyzed the data including frequency, proportion and cumulative proportion by Excel 2007 software. Results  A total of 309 inpatients were included, among the 78.96% were more than 60 years old. Among the antibiotics single therapy, the frequency of cefoperazone and sulbactam was the highest. Among the antibiotics combination therapy, the frequency of β-lactam antibiotics was the highest. Conclusion  Pneumonia inpatients in Karamay Central Hospital are mainly older patients. The β-lactam antibiotics is used most in clinical practice.

Citation: ZHANG Shengzhao, YU Jiajie, LIU Jianhong, LI Youping, ZHANG Weidong, XU Ting, WU Min, LU Jing, ZHAO Junfang, SUN Xin, SU Guanyue. Drug usage and costs of pneumonia inpatients in Karamay Central Hospital in 2014. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(8): 880-883. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201608043 Copy

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