tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Prescribing Antimicrobial Agents for Dogs and Cats via University Pharmacies in Finland – Patterns and Quality of Information"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh thú y được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Prescribing Antimicrobial Agents for Dogs and Cats via University Pharmacies in Finland – Patterns and Quality of Information. | Acta vet. scand. 2005 46 87-93. Prescribing Antimicrobial Agents for Dogs and Cats via University Pharmacies in Finland - Patterns and Quality of Information By K. Holso1 M. Rantala1 4 A. Lillas2 S. Eerikãinen3 P. Huovinen4 L. Kaartinen5 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Helsinki University Finland 2Faculty of Medicine Helsinki University Finland 3University Pharmacy Helsinki Finland 4National Public Health Institute Turku Finland and National Agency of Medicine Helsinki Finland. Holso K Rantala M Lillas A Eerikainen S Huovinen P Kaartinen L Prescribing antimicrobial agents for dogs and cats via university pharmacies in Finland - patterns and quality of information. Acta vet. scand. 2005 46 87-93. - The aim of our study was to evaluate antimicrobial use in dogs and cats in Finland. Information on veterinary prescriptions was gathered from University Pharmacies n 17 over a one-month period April 2001. A total of 2719 prescriptions for veterinary use were delivered of which the majority were for dogs 70 n 1898 and cats 14 n 384 . The most prescribed therapy group was per-oral antimicrobial agents 53 n 1449 of which 16 n 237 were medicines approved for humans. The most commonly used substances for dogs and cats were betalactams 66 and 78 respectively. The proportion of fluoroquinolones was 3-5 . The average duration of the treatment periods was 10 days with the exception of treatment of cats with macrolide-lincosamides where the mean period was 20 days. Indication was mentioned only in 37 of the prescriptions. Prescription antimicrobial agent antimicrobial use cat dog indication Introduction Reports on antimicrobial consumption and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in veterinary medicine are provided from some countries FINRES-Vet 2002-2003 MARAN 2002 SVARM 2002 DANMAP 2003 NORM NORM-VET 2003 . Consumption figures on antimicrobial agents in Finland are based on wholesalers statistics and give a good overall estimate of total drug use in animals. However this .