• 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;
  • 4. Department of Pediatrics, Karamay Central Hospital, Karamay, 834000, P.R.China;
ZHANG Weidong, Email: 0990end@sohu.com.cn; LI Youping, Email: yzmylab@hotmail.com
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Objective  To investigate drug usage and costs of children inpatients with bronchopneumonia 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 children inpatients with bronchopneumonia 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 890 children inpatients were included, the average age was 1.00±2.17 years old. Among the antibiotics of single therapy, the frequency of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium for injection was highest. Among the antibiotics of combination therapy, the frequency of macrolides was highest. Conclusion  The mainly drugs for treatment of children inpatients with bronchopneumonia in Karamay Central Hospital in 2014 is amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium for injection.

Citation: LIU Jianhong, YU Jiajie, ZHANG Weidong, LI Youping, WU Min, XU Ting, XIE Yong, LU Jing, ZHANG Shengzhao, SUN Xin, SU Guanyue. Drug usage and costs of children inpatients with bronchopneumonia in Karamay Central Hospital in 2014. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(8): 876-879. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201608044 Copy

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