Table 4 The top 10 drugs ranked by DDDs in the NICU of our hospital from 2020–2023
From: Medication use in the neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in China from 2020 to 2023
Rank | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The medicine | DDDs | The medicine | DDDs | The medicine | DDDs | The medicine | DDDs | |
1 | Vitamin AD agent | 340 | Calcium gluconate injection | 530 | Calcium gluconate injection | 498 | Calcium gluconate injection | 465 |
2 | Bifidobacterium triple live bacteria powder | 210 | Live combined Bacillus subtilis granules | 402 | Fat-soluble Vitamins for Injection (II) | 336 | Vitamin AD agent | 289 |
3 | Calcium gluconate injection | 190 | Vitamin AD agent | 310 | Vitamin AD agent | 321 | Bifidobacterium triple live bacteria powder | 281 |
4 | Fat-soluble Vitamins for Injection (II) | 187 | Bifidobacterium triple live bacteria powder | 264 | Vitamin C injection | 294 | Vitamin K1 injection | 219 |
5 | Vitamin C injection | 182 | Fat-soluble Vitamins for Injection (II) | 244 | Vitamin K1 injection | 256 | Vitamin C injection | 205 |
6 | Compound amino acid injection for children 19AA-I | 180 | Vitamin C injection | 228 | Bifidobacterium triple live bacteria powder | 254 | Fructose sodium diphosphate oral solution | 190 |
7 | Live combined Bacillus subtilis granules | 164 | Multioil fat emulsion injection C6-24 | 207 | Compound amino acid injection for children 19AA-I | 218 | Multiple Trace Elements Injection II | 167 |
8 | Multioil fat emulsion injection C6-24 | 132 | Vitamin K1 injection | 146 | Fructose sodium diphosphate oral solution | 205 | Fat-soluble Vitamins for Injection (II) | 163 |
9 | Vitamin K1 injection | 121 | Multiple Trace Elements Injection II | 142 | Oral calcium and zinc gluconate solution | 172 | Compound amino acid injection for children 19AA-I | 162 |
10 | Oral calcium and zinc gluconate solution | 120.5 | Fructose sodium diphosphate oral solution | 136 | Furosemide injection | 170 | Vitamin B12 injection | 150 |
11 | Imipenem and cilastatin sodium for injection | 120 | Zhihuang granule* | 119 | Meropenem for injection | 132 | Imipenem and cilastatin sodium for injection | 126 |
12 | Meropenem for injection | 118 | Dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection | 117 | Vitamin B12 injection | 127 | Furosemide injection | 118 |
13 | Furosemide injection | 113 | Imipenem and cilastatin sodium for injection | 115 | Live combined Bacillus subtilis granules | 124 | Meropenem for injection | 116 |
14 | Dexamethasone sodium phosphate injection | 111 | Compound amino acid injection for children 19AA-I | 109 | Imipenem and cilastatin sodium for injection | 119 | Oral calcium and zinc gluconate solution | 10 |
15 | Oral solution of iron dextran | 106 | Meropenem for injection | 109 | Zhihuang granule* | 108 | Zhihuang granule* | 107 |