Title |
Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile Illnesses in Uganda: a survey in out-patient clinics
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-237 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Anthony K Mbonye, Josephine Birungi, Stephanie Yanow, Pascal Magnussen |
Abstract |
Malaria is a public health problem in Uganda; affecting mainly women and children. Effective treatment has been hampered by over-diagnosis and over-treatment with anti-malarial drugs among patients presenting with fever. In order to understand the effect of drug pressure on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in pregnancy, a sample of pregnant women presenting with fever in out-patient clinics was studied. The main objective was to assess prescription patterns and drug use in pregnancy especially SP; and draw implications on the efficacy of SP for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp). |
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Unknown | 133 | 98% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 12% |
Researcher | 15 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
Other | 32 | 24% |
Unknown | 23 | 17% |
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Social Sciences | 12 | 9% |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 4% |
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