Table 2 The most common diseases for which ceftriaxone was prescribed in the medicine wards of general hospitals in AA, February, 2014 (n = 477)
Public hospital | Private hospital | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Comply to the guideline | Total | Comply to the guideline | |
Diagnoses | N | N (%) | N | N (%) |
Pneumonia | 152 | 105(69.1) | 24 | 13(54.2) |
Meningitis | 62 | 47(75.8) | 13 | 11(84.6) |
Sepsis | 50 | 22(44) | 13 | 11(84.6) |
Non-surgical prophylaxis | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Hepatic disorders | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
UTI | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2(25) |
Cellulitis | 12 | 3(25) | 1 | 1(100) |
Diabetic foot ulcer | 9 | 6(66.7) | 4 | 2(50) |
Abscess | 8 | 0 | - | |
COPD | 4 | 0 | - | |
Wound | 4 | 0 | - | |
AGE | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Pelvic inflammatory diseases | 2 | 1(100) | 5 | 1(20) |
STDs | 2 | 0 | - | |
Bronchitis | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Typhoid fever | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4(66.7) |
Upper GI bleeding | 1 | 0 | - | |
PUD | - | - | 1 | 0 |
Tonsillitis | - | - | 3 | 0 |
Epididymitis | - | - | 1 | 0 |
Total | 376 | 184(48.9) | 101 | 45(44.6) |