Prescription drug use and potential teratogenicity risk among pregnant women attending maternal and child health clinic of Kemisse General Hospital, Northeast, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate medications prescribed for pregnant women and their potential teratogenicity risk in Kemisse General Hospital.

Result

A total of 263 medical records of pregnant women were reviewed, of which 234 pregnant women were prescribed with a total of 430 prescription drugs. The average numbers of drugs per pregnant women was found to be 1.84. Most pregnant women 166 (63.2%) were in the third trimester and more than half of them (51.3%) were multigravida. The maximum number of drugs were prescribed in the second trimester 162 (37.67%) followed by third trimester 143 (33.26%). Supplemental drugs were the most widely used medications 297 (69.07%) and followed by 82 (19.1%) drugs from category B; 54 (12.6%) drugs from category C; and the rest 7 (1.6%) drugs from

SUBMITTER: Alemu BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751805 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature