Drug Treatment of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Ghana: Does It Comply with Recommended Guidelines?

Table 4

Prescriptions not compliant with pharmacotherapy guidelines for indication ().

Drug	Indication	Comment		NP (%); ()
Metronidazole	SBP	Not first choice	98	85 (55.9)
Omeprazole	GIB	Not first choice	79	54 (35.5)
Sofosbuvir/ledipasvir	CHC	Not first choice	3	3 (2.0)
Lamivudine	CHB	Not first choice	2	2 (1.3)
Ribavirin	CHC	Not first choice	1	1 (0.7)

: total number of prescriptions not compliant according to indication; : number of prescriptions not compliant with guidelines; NP: number of patients who received prescriptions; : total number of patients; CHB: chronic hepatitis B, CHC: chronic hepatitis C, SBP: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, GIB: gastrointestinal bleeding.