Table 3. Antibiotic usage in NEC cases according to studied NICUs.
Ward | DOTs [day] | DOTs per number of NEC | DDDs [no] | DDDs per number of NEC |
A | 98 | 12.25 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
B | 102 | 9.27 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
C | 322 | 46.00 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
D | 218 | 27.25 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
E | 376 | 31.33 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
F | 321 | 20.06 | 4.3 | 0.3 |
TOTAL | 1 437 | 23.18 | 29.4 | 0.5 |
NEC – necrotizing enterocolitis; DDD – defined daily dose; DOTs – days of treatment;