GAMBARAN PENGGUNAAN OBAT INFEKSI SALURAN PERNAPASAN AKUT (ISPA) PADA PASIEN ANAK DI KLINIK X KABUPATEN TANGERANG PERIODE JANUARI-MARET 2025

Abstract

Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is an infectious disease of the upper and lower respiratory tract. This infectious disease can attack all ages. However, based on the 2018 Riskesdas results, the highest ISPA prevalence occurred in the 1-4 year age group, namely 13.7%. The aim of this study to know the description of drug use (based on age group, gender, type of therapy, drug class, drug type, and dosage form) in pediatric ARI patients at X Clinic Tangerang Regency. This type of research is descriptive and uses a retrospective data collection method by looking at textual data sources from medical records of pediatric patients with a diagnosis of acute respiratory infection (ARI). Sampling was carried out using probability sampling method with stratified random sampling technique and obtained a sample of 185 patient medical record data.Research result showed that pediatric ARI patients were dominated by the age range 0-5 years (54.6%), male sex (51.9%). Based on the type of therapy, namely supporting therapy (71.9%). Based on the drug class, namely antihistamines (20.9%), type of drug cetirizine (20.8%), and powder dosage form (48.8%). Suggestion to further improve the completeness of patient medical record data and medical service standards, especially for the treatment of ARI in children.