Antibiotic prescribing patterns in outpatient emergency clinics at Queen Rania Al Abdullah II Children's Hospital, Jordan, 2013

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 250-254

  Al Niemat, Sahar I ^a,b   Aljbouri, Tareq M ^a,b   Goussous, Lana S ^a,b   Efaishat, Rania A ^a,b   Salah, Rehab K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Military prescribers; Prescribing patterns; Rational use

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING PATTERN; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84905489986     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2014.67     Document Type: Article

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