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Table 3 Description of antibiotics prescribed during hospital stay and at discharge (N = 4721)

From: Antibiotic prescribing in women during and after delivery in a non-teaching, tertiary care hospital in Ujjain, India: a prospective cross-sectional study

  

Vaginal Delivery

Cesarean Section

  

N (%)

Total DDD

DDD/100 bed days

N (%)

Total DDD

DDD/100 bed days

During hospital stay

ATC

Name

      

Total

 

1496 (100)

1510

101

3225 (100)

4109

127

J01CA

Penicillins with extended spectrum

226 (1)

140

62

46 (1)

35

77

J01CR

Combinations of penicillins, incl beta-lactamase inhibitors

109 (7)

144

132

272 (8)

440

162

J01DB

1st generation cephalosporins

35 (2)

14

41

44 (1)

23

51

J01DC

2nd generation cephalosporins

82 (5)

91

111

116 (4)

135

116

J01DD

3rd generation cephalosporins

525 (35)

628

120

988 (31)

1460

148

J01DH

Carbapenems

4 (0.27)

2

50

3 (0.09)

3

100

J01EE

Combinations of sulfonamides and trimethoprim, incl derivatives

1 (0.07)

0

0

4 (0.12)

0.5

13

J01FA

Macrolides

8 (0.53)

15

188

10 (0.31)

33

333

J01GB

Other aminoglycosides

31 (2.)

18

59

233 (7)

199

86

J01MA

Fluoroquinolones

173 (12)

214

124

430 (13)

709

165

J01RA

Combinations of antibacterials

297 (20)

240

81

983 (30)

1013

103

J01XD

Imidazole derivatives

5 (0.33)

3

60

96 (3)

58

60

At discharge

Total

 

425 (100)

151

 

952 (100)

153

 

J01CA

Penicillins with extended spectrum

61 (14)

16

    

J01CR

Combinations of penicillins, incl beta-lactamase inhibitors

18 (4)

4

 

82 (9)

14

 

J01DB

1st generation cephalosporins

25 (6)

3

 

35 (4)

2

 

J01DC

2nd generation cephalosporins

66 (16)

32

 

82 (9)

12

 

J01DD

3rd generation cephalosporins

42 (10)

16

 

104 (11)

26

 

J01EE

Combinations of sulfonamides and trimethoprim, incl derivatives

2 (0.47)

0.1

 

46 (5)

0.5

 

J01FA

Macrolides

5 (1)

2

    

J01MA

Fluoroquinolones

177 (42)

75

 

561 (59)

96

 

J01RA

Combinations of antibacterials

29 (7)

3.2

 

42 (4)

2