Emergency Department Antibiotic Prescribing Statistics from a Turkish Hospital, 2022

595 adult patient records from a retrospective study at a tertiary university hospital emergency department between January and June 2022. The dataset, authored by Huseyin Gurbuz, includes demographic, clinical, and microbiological data to assess antibiotic prescribing frequency and appropriateness against WHO and Turkish guidelines.

Use Cases

• Analyze antibiotic prescribing frequency based on the 95.8% prescription rate reported.
• Evaluate appropriateness of antibiotic therapy based on the 87.2% appropriate prescription classification.
• Study demographic patterns in antibiotic use based on the 62.4% female patient cohort.
• Investigate the relationship between microbiological testing and prescribing decisions based on the 0.8% culture sampling rate.

Strengths

• 595 patient records with a defined cohort (62.4% female, mean age 31.1 ± 14.2 years).
• Prescription appropriateness is evaluated against established WHO and Turkish (TİTCK) guidelines.
• Specific antibiotic agent usage rates are provided (e.g., Amoxicillin–clavulanic acid at 58.7%).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single hospital over a six-month period, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Retrospective data retrieved from a hospital information management system.

Time Range

January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:41:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Emergency department of a tertiary university hospital in Turkey.