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Prescripción de antibióticos en infecciones de piel y tejidos blandos en una institución de primer nivel
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| Author | Castrillón-spitia, Juan Daniel Rivera-echeverry, Clara Inés Martínez-betancur, Sofía Londoño-montes, Juliana Ocampo-palacio, Alejandro Machado-alba, Jorge Enrique |
| Abstract | Introduction:Infections of skin and soft tissues are common in clinical practice, which may even be responsible for sepsis and severe complications.Objective:To describe the prescription of antimicrobials and variables associated with their use in patients with diagnosis of infections of skin and soft tissues in a primary care hospital.Materials and Methods:Cross-sectional study in patients hospitalized for infections of the skin between 1 January and 31 December 2014. A simple random sampling was performed. Were included sociodemographic, clinical and pharmacological variables from medical records. Treatment was defined as adequate when there was a correlation between the diagnosis of each patient according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) as purulent or non-purulent infection, severity (mild, moderate or severe) and prescribed medication. Multivariate analysis using. SPSS 22.0.Results:A total of 309 patients were included, and the penicillins corresponded to the initial most formulated antibiotics (81.7 % of cases); 231patients (74.8 %) had well indicated antibiotic treatment. Comorbid conditions most frequently found in patients of this cohort were antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (61.2 %). Receiving the first oral antibiotic was less likely that the prescription was inadequate (OR:0.215;IC95 %:0.115-0.400).Conclusion:The data obtained should be aim to improving prescriptions and should allow implement training plans that contribute to therapy more effective and safe.Palavras-chave : Skin; Bacterial Infections; Anti-Infective Agents; Cellulitis; Pharmacoepidemiology. |
| Starting Page | 3 |
| Ending Page | 13 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 01208705 |
| DOI | 10.21615/cesmedicina.32.1 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | CES Medicina |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Publisher Date | 2018-01-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
