Table 3.
Median duration of hospital stay and antibiotic treatment together with information about DDDs prescribed; by departments in a Teaching and a Non-teaching hospital in Ujjain district, India
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Teaching hospital |
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Non-teaching hospital |
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| Department (n = number of antibiotic patients) | Median duration of hospital stay n (range) | Median duration of antibiotic treatment for antibiotic patients n (range) | Total DDDs used | DDD/antibiotic patients | Total days of antibiotic therapy | DDD/day in hospital | Department (n = number of antibiotic patients) | Median duration of hospital stay n (range) | Median duration of antibiotic treatment for antibiotic patients n (range) | Total DDDs used | DDD/antibiotic patients | Total days of antibiotic therapy | DDD/day in hospital |
| Pediatric (n = 109) |
7 (1–25) |
5 (1–26) |
624 |
6 |
684 |
0.9 |
Pediatric (n = 531) |
3 (1–43) |
4 (1–44) |
2554 |
5 |
3124 |
0.8 |
| NICU (n = 11) |
7 (1–12) |
5 (1–10) |
6.3 |
0.6 |
53 |
0.1 |
NICU (n = 199) |
5 (1–42) |
6 (1–37) |
257 |
1 |
1672 |
0.2 |
| Medicine (n = 476) |
4 (1–56) |
4 (1–56) |
3474 |
7 |
2513 |
1.4 |
Medicine (n = 1187) |
3 (1–34) |
3 (1–35) |
10074 |
9 |
6089 |
1.7 |
| Ob-Gy (n = 194) |
6 (1–63) |
4 (1–55) |
1667 |
9 |
1179 |
1.4 |
Ob-Gy (n = 343) |
4 (1–16) |
4 (1–15) |
2250 |
7 |
2139 |
1.1 |
| Surgery (n = 654) |
8 (1–88) |
7 (1–89) |
6911 |
11 |
5799 |
1.2 |
Surgery (n = 835) |
3 (1–30) |
3 (1–31) |
8203 |
10 |
4577 |
1.8 |
| Orthopedics (n = 188) |
10 (1–69) |
10 (1–63) |
2963 |
12 |
2308 |
1.3 |
Orthopedics (n = 228) |
5 (1–137) |
5 (1–17) |
1871 |
8 |
1857 |
1.0 |
| ENT (n = 187) |
8 (1–38) |
8 (1–32) |
1404 |
8 |
1653 |
0.8 |
ENT (n = 45) |
3 (1–9) |
4 (1–8) |
339 |
8 |
194 |
1.7 |
| Ophthalmology (n = 148) |
5 (1–21) |
7 (1–13) |
904 |
6 |
883 |
1.0 |
Ophthalmology (n = 6) |
3 (1–18) |
2.5 (1–8) |
115 |
19 |
32 |
3.6 |
| Pulmonary Medicine (n = 220) |
7 (1–50) |
8 (1–50) |
4923 |
22 |
3131 |
1.6 |
Pulmonary Medicine (n = 22) |
3 (1–17) |
4 (1–11) |
253 |
12 |
155 |
1.6 |
| ICU (n = 91) |
3 (1–34) |
3 (1–18) |
628 |
7 |
419 |
1.5 |
ICU (n = 298) |
2 (1–33) |
3 (1–20) |
2294 |
8 |
1261 |
1.8 |
| Casualty (n = 181) |
3 (1–140) |
3 (1–48) |
959 |
5 |
986 |
1.0 |
Casualty (n = 0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Private (n = 0) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Private (n = 567) |
3 (1–42) |
3 (1–16) |
4332 |
8 |
2856 |
1.5 |
| Total | 6 (1–140) | 6 (1–89) | 24465 | 10 | 19608 | 1.2 | Total | 3 (1–137) | 4 (1–62) | 32542 | 8 | 23956 | 1.4 |
NICU = Neonatal Intensive care unit; Ob-Gy = Obstetrics and Gynecology; ENT = Ear, Nose and Throat; ICU = Intensive Care Unit.