Table 1.
Average dose of ciprofloxacin used in 38 neonatal intensive care units
| Country | Average dose of ciprofloxacin (mg/kg/day) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <10 | 10 | 11–15 | 20 | 21–25 | 30 | 45 | ||
| France | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |||
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| UK | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Finland | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Romania | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 4 (11 %) | 6 (16 %) | 3 (8 %) | 16 (42 %) | 2 (5 %) | 6 (16 %) | 1 (3 %) | 38 |
Data are presented as the number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Data from 9 NICUs that did not specify dosage are excluded