| Journal: | Revista médica de Chile |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000457898 |
| ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
| Authors: | Alvear, Gonzalo1 Santibáñez, Luis1 Sepúlveda, Ricardo1 Ramírez, Víctor1 Martínez, Benjamín2 |
| Institutions: | 1Integramédica, Santiago de Chile. Chile 2Universidad Mayor, Escuela de Odontología, Santiago de Chile. Chile |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Season: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 150 |
| Number: | 8 |
| Pages: | 1000-1009 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Background: The over prescription of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections is a major public health problem worldwide. Aim: To evaluate the frequency of prescription of antibiotics for non-pneumonia acute respiratory infections in private outpatient clinics in individuals without chronic diseases or immunosuppression. Material and Methods: All medical records of adult consultants in a national network of private ambulatory medical centers during May 2018 whose primary diagnosis corresponded to acute respiratory infections not pneumonia (ICD10) were identified and retrospectively analyzed, excluding those with chronic respiratory conditions or states of immunosuppression. Results: Of the 38,072 consultants (aged 36 years, 63% women) who met this criterion, 54% (n = 20,499) received a prescription for at least one antibiotic. The diagnoses that most frequently received this prescription were acute bronchitis (28.7%), acute sinusitis (16.5%) and acute tonsillitis (16.2%). The most frequently prescribed antibiotic globally was azithromycin (37.4%), followed by amoxicillin (20.1%) and amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid (17.7%). Levofloxacin prescription reached 12.5% of total prescriptions. Conclusions: An antibiotic was prescribed in more than half of the non-pneumonia outpatient acute respiratory infections. Azithromycin was the most prescribed antibiotic, while levofloxacin exceeded 10% of prescriptions. These results reinforce the need to implement an antibiotic prescription surveillance system at the outpatient level |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Neumología, Farmacología, Infección respiratoria aguda, Antibióticos, Cuidado ambulatorio |
| Keyword: | Pneumology, Pharmacology, Acute respiratory infections, Antibiotics, Ambulatory care |
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