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Drug Utilization and safety in Sick Newborn Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Uttarakhand

Evaluation Of Trend and Rationale of Prescription, Drug Utilization Pattern and Safety in Sick Newborn Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Uttarakhand: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/08/056687
Enrollment
270
Registered
2023-08-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-09-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Government Doon Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Neonates admitted to SNCU and receiving at least 1 drug

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Neonates admitted in the SNCU exclusively for oxygen therapy, vaccines, blood products, electrolytes, total parenteral nutrition and intravenous hydration.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
drug utilization patterns in the Sick Newborn Care Unit using WHO drug use indicatorsTimepoint: The Drug utilization will be recorded at the time of discharge of each patient and The WHO indicators will be assessed at the end of one year for the entire data

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate cost of drug therapy in SNCU based on cost per DDDTimepoint: 1 year;To evaluate length of stay in SNCU of GDMC HospitalTimepoint: 1 year;To evaluate potential drug interactions of drugs prescribed in SNCUTimepoint: 1 year;To evaluate rationale of drugs prescribed in SNCUTimepoint: 1 year;To monitor adverse drug reactions of drugs prescribed in SNCUTimepoint: 1 year

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactLibin Sanjeev L

Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun

pharmacologygdmc@gmail.com9943308101

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026