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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="journal_submission_guidelines">https://www.pimr.org.in/instructions.php</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Perspectives in Medical Research</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2348-229X</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">2348-1447</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47799/pimr.1203.04</article-id>
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            <bold id="strong-1">Drug Utilisation Pattern of Antimicrobial Agents Prescribed for Urinary Tract Infection in Geriatric Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Study</bold>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-28a41140e53142988724bf754fcf643e">
            <surname>R S H</surname>
            <given-names>Velavan</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name id="name-2f2166751832456eb5f23d827c9e2f8e">
            <surname>Chaitra</surname>
            <given-names>S R</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>chaitrasr1990@gmail.com</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="n-f9d7fec19b28">
            <surname>R P</surname>
            <given-names>Nayak</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-1ed335709bfa" rid="a-20d1cf377b48" ref-type="aff">3</xref>
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        <aff id="aff-caebf9a8280f4f38a1296712f918abb2">
          <institution>Junior Resident, Department of Pharmacology,  Yenepoya Medical College (Deemed to be university)</institution>
          <addr-line>Yenepoya</addr-line>
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        <aff id="a-58f77d09fd09">
          <institution>Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology,  Yenepoya Medical College (Deemed to be university)</institution>
          <addr-line>Yenepoya</addr-line>
        </aff>
        <aff id="a-20d1cf377b48">
          <institution>Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology,  Yenepoya Medical College (Deemed to be university)</institution>
          <addr-line>Yenepoya</addr-line>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>12</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>16</fpage>
      <lpage>21</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>18</day>
          <month>3</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>30</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>5</day>
          <month>5</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>©2023 (Hari Velavan R.S) et al. This is an open-access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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      <abstract id="abstract-abstract-title-baad4bcf85804564a71950ad3cb1f868">
        <title id="abstract-title-baad4bcf85804564a71950ad3cb1f868">Abstract</title>
        <p id="paragraph-e302d9c844c7412ea5a7420a038af11d"><bold id="strong-60f88bbb57624d6ba6113e2f36244718"> Introduction: </bold>Drug utilisation studies may lead to several perspectives such as the correct usage of drugs and appropriateness of drug utilisation. Prescription indicators are used to assess the effectiveness of healthcare practitioners in several critical characteristics connected to drug usage. <bold id="strong-7c89d50d11934356994d22e8d4950df9">Objectives: </bold>1. To determine the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents for treating UTI in Geriatric patients.2. To analyse prescriptions in comparison with WHO prescribing indicators. <bold id="strong-cc424c08d5774bbca4e324731cdd1045">Methods: </bold>All the cases of UTI in geriatric patients with positive urine culture report in the past 6 months (Feb 2023 –July 2023) were included and it was a complete enumeration study. Discrete variables and Categorical variables were represented by percentage. Continuous variables were expressed in mean ± SD. <bold id="strong-857f97ab28e3473bb059afa5afe4bc65">Result: </bold>Total of 70 geriatric patients with UTIs were enrolled in the study. Of these male Patients were 31 (44.28%) and female Patients were 39 (55.71%). No of antibiotics per Prescription was 1.97± 1.43. Approximately 40.54% of medications were prescribed using their generic names. About 79.27% of medications were prescribed from the NLEM. 62.16% of drugs were prescribed by injection. systemic hypertension (67.74%) was observed in the majority of UTI patients. Piperacillin + Tazobactam were the most prescribed antibiotics. Duration of hospital stay was 10.22±6.71 days. <bold id="strong-f75b0acf0f22411ca8d885f57a004d78">Conclusion: </bold>By addressing these findings, we can enhance the pharmacological management of UTIs in geriatric populations, leading to improved patient outcomes and quality of care.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Urinary tract infection</kwd>
        <kwd>Drug Utilisation Studies</kwd>
        <kwd>Geriatric patient</kwd>
        <kwd>Prescription</kwd>
        <kwd>Antibiotics</kwd>
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      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>None</funding-statement>
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