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Table 3 Most common indication for ceftriaxone utilization

From: Evaluation of ceftriaxone use in the medical ward of Halibet National Referral and teaching hospital in 2017 in Asmara, Eritrea: a cross sectional retrospective study

Diseases

Responses

N

%

Pneumonia

40

18.5

Sepsis

14

6.5

CHF

14

6.5

TB

14

6.5

Anemia

6

2.8

UTI

6

2.8

PUD

5

2.3

Stroke

5

2.3

RVI

4

1.9

Lung cancer

3

1.4

Meningitis

3

1.4

Hepatoma

3

1.4

CML

3

1.4

parapneumonic effusion

3

1.4

Abscess

2

0.9

CLD

2

0.9

Lung fibrosis

2

0.9

CRF

2

0.9

Ascites

2

0.9

  1. Key: CHF Congestive Heart Failure, TB Tuberculosis, UTI Urinary tract infection, PUD Peptic ulcer disease, RVI Retroviral infection, CML Chronic myeloid leukaemia, CLD Chronic liver disease, CRF Chronic renal failure
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