Angunawela I I, Tomson G B
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther Toxicol. 1988 Feb;26(2):69-74.
Drug prescribing patterns were studied retrospectively in 600 patients admitted to the medical wards of three Government hospitals and one private nursing home in the Kandy area of Sri Lanka. The mean drug exposure in the governmental institutions varied between 3.6 and 3.7, whereas at the private institution, patients were exposed to an average of 7.2 drugs. The three Government institutions used 87, 91 and 107 drugs. The private institution 201. There was no difference in drug exposure in relation to sex, but a tendency towards increased drug exposure was noted with increasing age and longer duration of stay. Antimicrobial agents were the most frequently prescribed class of drugs and diazepam the most prescribed single drug. The reasons for the extensive use of diazepam observed in this study are not clear.
对斯里兰卡康提地区三家政府医院和一家私立疗养院内科病房收治的600例患者的用药模式进行了回顾性研究。政府机构的平均用药种类在3.6至3.7种之间，而在私立机构，患者平均使用7.2种药物。三家政府机构分别使用了87种、91种和107种药物。私立机构使用了201种。用药种类在性别方面没有差异，但随着年龄增长和住院时间延长，用药种类有增加的趋势。抗菌药物是最常处方的药物类别，地西泮是最常处方的单一药物。本研究中观察到地西泮广泛使用的原因尚不清楚。
