Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal

Table 4

Average prescribed daily dose (PDD/DDD) of anticoagulants.

Drug	ATC code	DDD	PDD	PDD/DDD
Unfractionated heparin	B01AB01	10 000 U (P)	13 333 U	1.3
Enoxaparin	B01AB05	2000 U (P)	4500 U	2.25
Warfarin	B01AA03	7.5 mg (O)	3.75 mg	0.5
Dabigatran	B01AEO7	0.22 g (O)	0.22 g	1

ATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical; DDD: defined daily dose; PDD: prescribed daily dose; P: parenteral; O: oral.