Table 3 Medication use in the neonatal intensive care unit
From: Medication use in the neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in China from 2020 to 2023
Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dosage | Per capita dose | Dosage | Per capita dose | Dosage | Per capita dose | Dosage | Per capita dose | |
Nutritional medicine | 64,112 | 2068 | 58,561 | 1775 | 62,741 | 2024 | 57,223 | 2119 |
Blood hematopoietic system medications | 22,154 | 963 | 21,813 | 779 | 17,544 | 835 | 17,250 | 1015 |
Anti-infective medications | 20,143 | 839 | 17,441 | 563 | 19,276 | 1134 | 18,955 | 1115 |
Respiratory medications | 7282 | 270 | 6821 | 227 | 5782 | 304 | 4961 | 292 |
Digestive System medications | 5207 | 325 | 4483 | 213 | 4723 | 295 | 4402 | 259 |
Cardiovascular medications | 3098 | 194 | 2487 | 108 | 2517 | 132 | 2530 | 149 |
Central nervous system medications | 3141 | 143 | 2784 | 107 | 2531 | 133 | 2464 | 164 |
Autonomic nervous system medications | 391 | 20 | 387 | 16 | 391 | 21 | 363 | 36 |
Hormonal medications | 211 | 13 | 186 | 9 | 208 | 12 | 202 | 17 |
Antipyretic and analgesic medications | 165 | 10 | 198 | 8 | 184 | 10 | 171 | 24 |
External medications | 45 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 61 | 10 | 74 | 12 |
Total | 125,949 | 580 | 115,220 | 320 | 115,958 | 438 | 108,595 | 503 |