Tình hình kê đơn thuốc glucocorticoid đường uống tại Khoa Khám bệnh, Bệnh viện Quân y 7A năm 2022: Một nghiên cứu cắt ngang

Abstract

Objective: To investigate patterns of corticosteroids used for the treatment of outpatients in the 7A Military Hospital, thus helping to improve the effectiveness and safety of treatment. Subject and method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 outpatients from August 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 at outpatient department of the hospital to statistical analysis. Result: It was found that patients had an average age of 46.88 ± 15.88 (years), of which female patients accounted for 53.8%. The majority of systemic corticosteroids were prescribed for acute upper respiratory tract infections (58.5%), the main prescribed drug was prednisolone (82.3%). The proportion of prescriptions containing more than 5 drugs accounted for 54%, and treatment duration from 5 to 7 days accounted for the highest proportion (74.3%). Most oral GCs were prescribed once a day in the morning with 208 prescriptions (70%). There were 120 (30%) prescriptions with drug interactions searched by Lexicomp, besides Medscape and Drugs.com had 135 (33.7%) and 159 (39.7%) prescriptions respectively, the rate of serious interactions was relatively low. Conclusion: The study has provided an overview of the situation of prescribing oral GC drugs in outpatient treatment at 7A Military Hospital, providing more references for medical staffs.