Liu Ting, Yu Jingjie. Investigation and Analysis on Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatric Outpatients of a Hospital. [J]. 28(5):25-28(2022)
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Liu Ting, Yu Jingjie. Investigation and Analysis on Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatric Outpatients of a Hospital. [J]. 28(5):25-28(2022) DOI: 10.13407/j.cnki.jpp.1672-108X.2022.05.007.
Investigation and Analysis on Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatric Outpatients of a Hospital
Objective: To investigate and analyze the off-label drug use in the pediatric outpatients
so as to provide reference for rational drug use in pediatrics. Methods: Pediatric outpatient prescriptions in our hospital from Jul. to Dec. 2019 were randomly extracted to determine whether off-label drug use was used according to drug instructions
and the types of off-label drug use
age of children and distribution of drug types were statistically analyzed. Results: A total of 1
200 outpatient prescriptions were selected
including 3
285 medical orders. The proportion of off-label drug use prescriptions was 29.42%
and the proportion of off-label drug use medical orders was 18.60%. The main types of off-label drug use were no information on drug use for children (45.17%) and off-label indication (24.39%). Off-label drug use mainly occurred in infancy (32.25%) and preschool age (21.27%)
and the drug categories were mainly respiratory system drugs (27.17%)
Chinese patent medicines (24.01%) and anti-infective drugs (22.92%). Conclusion: Off-label drug use is common in pediatric outpatients
relevant laws and regulations should be formulated and supervision of off-label drug use should be strengthened in hospitals to ensure the safety and rationality of drug use in children.