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Attitude to antibiotic therapy in dentists conducting therapeutic treatment of patients

Objective. To assess practicing dentists who treat patients conservatively attitude to antibiotic therapy in general, the degree of awareness of the rules for prescribing antibiotics, approaches to prescribing antibiotics for various dental diseases and therapeutic and preventive manipulations. Materials and Methods. The questionnaire was developed and an anonymous survey-questionnaire of 173 practical dentists conducting therapeutic reception of patients was carried out. The questionnaire included a list of diseases, therapeutic and prophylactic manipulations in which respondents consider the use of antibiotics indicated and questions to assess the respondents’ awareness of modern methods of antibiotic therapy and their views on the rules for prescribing antibiotics.

Practice of local antibiotic resistance monitoring at hospitals in various regions of the Russian Federation

Objective. To analyze the features of local antibiotic resistance monitoring at hospitals in the Russian Federation. Materials and Methods. The study involved a survey of 305 institutions. The duration of data collection was 1 year (March 2020 – April 2021). The responses received were analyzed using the «R» programming language. Special packages were used for data processing and calculation of confidence intervals. Results were assessed by descriptive analysis with calculation of absolute and relative frequencies, and 95% confidence intervals according to the Wilson method.

Compliance of paediatricians to the guidelines on the use of antimicrobials in respiratory infections

Objective. To monitor the level of compliance of paediatricians regarding antimicrobial therapy of acute respiratory infections in children. Materials and Methods. Аnonymous survey of paediatricians of Rostov region was conducted using a questionnaire developed by the authors during 2009-10 and 2014-15. The analysis was performed to assess the compliance with the national recommendations developed by the Union of paediatricians of Russia among the 3 groups of doctors (practicing ≤5 years; 6-20 years; ≥21 years).