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Evaluation of the use of antibiotics in pregnant women with urinary tract infection in the "Juan Eulogio Pazymiño" Health Center of the 23D02 Health District

Abstract:

Introduction: the rate of urinary tract infections has increased during the last years, which constitutes a worldwide problem; therefore, the need to investigate methods to reduce bacterial resistance has emerged from inadequate therapeutic management. Pregnant women are more vulnerable to contracting this type of infection. Material and Methods: a retrospective study in the use of medicines of the type prescription – indication was conducted with 64 pregnant women at Juan Eulogio PazyMiño Health Center, which belongs to the 23D02 Health District located in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas province. Based on the information gathered, a pharmaceutical care program established on the Dader method was developed to improve the prescription quality and thus contribute to the reduction of bacterial resistance in pregnant women with urinary tract infections who consume antibiotics. Results: patients with a higher incidence of urinary tract infections were between 10 and 19 years of age (48.44%), the most common bacteria found was Escherichia coli (55.17%), and, the drug with the highest bacterial resistance was cephalexin of 500 mg. Two types of Medication-Related Problems (MRP) were identified where the most frequent was MRP4 (85.29%). Pharmaceutical – medical intervention was accepted in 86.95% of the doctors. Conclusions: the research allowed to propose a Pharmaceutical Assistance Program based on the Dader method to identify the problems related to this pharmacological group.