Table 5 Frequency of drug and patient factors for inappropriate use of omeprazole.
Factor | Ward | |
|---|---|---|
Medicine N with inappropriate use (%) | Surgery N with inappropriate use (%) | |
N = 95 | N = 59 | |
Drug factors | 4 (4.2) | 13 (22.0) |
Dose | 2 (2.1) | 6 (10.2) |
Frequency | 2 (2.1) | 7 (11.9) |
Route | 0 | 0 |
|  | N = 63 | N = 38 |
|---|---|---|
Patient factors | 27 (42.9) | 12 (31.6) |
Diarrhoea | 1 (1.6) | 2 (5.3) |
Decreased appetite | 9 (14.3) | 1 (2.6) |
Continued from referring veterinarian | 2 (3.2) | 0 |
Vomiting unlikely to be responsive to omeprazole | 10 (15.9) | 2 (5.3) |
Nausea | 2 (3.2) | 5 (13.2) |
Immunosuppressive treatment | 3 (4.8) | 0 |
NSAID treatment | 0 | 2 (5.3) |
