Adherence to treatment guidelines for acute diarrhoea in children up to 12 years in Ujjain, India - a cross-sectional prescription analysis

Table 4 Distribution of ORS, zinc, antibiotics and other drugs in the prescriptions for acute diarrhoea in Ujjain, India (n = 843)

	Number	Percentage	Percentage range between clusters^a
ORS	487	58	19-99%
ORS with zinc	188	22	0-53%
ORS with zinc and antibiotics	88	10	0-41%
Zinc only	228	27	0-53%
Antibiotics	602	71	8-100%
Probiotics	574	68
Racecadotril	160	19
Miscellaneous (for fever, pain in stomach, vomiting)	589	69
IVFs	241	29
IVFs with ORS	120	14
IVFs without ORS	121	14

^aPercentages were calculated separately for each cluster (pharmacy/hospital); "Percentage between clusters" reports the smallest and largest of these percentages.

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