Medication use for pediatric upper respiratory tract infections

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-390

  Das, Biswadeep ^a   Sarkar, Chayna ^a   Majumder, Abhijeet Guha ^b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Central Referral Hospital CRH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Medication use; Office based pediatricians; Pediatric; Referral hospital; Sikkim; URTIs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXPECTORANT AGENT; IBUPROFEN; MACROLIDE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NIMESULIDE; PARACETAMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745846821     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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