Daftar Isi:
  • In Indonesia, many children who are in the age of 0-5 (zero to five) suffer from diarrhea. Diarrhea is a disease which is indicated by the increase on defecation frequency on infants and children more than three times a day and followed by a change in feces consistency. The feces becomes liquid with or without mucous or blood. This research was aimed at evaluating the dosage of diarrhea medicine on children aged 0-5 at Bagor subdistrict government clinic Nganjuk regency in 2014. The researcher, then, compared the findings with the medicine service guidelines of Indonesian Medical Association (IDI). This research was non experimental and was designed by using the retrospective method which was based on medical records. The data was then analyzed descriptively. The research subject was all of the diarrhea patients who were in the age of zero to five at Bagor subdistrict government clinic Nganjuk regency in 2014. The patient’s characteristic criteria were gender, age, weight, medicine types, and dosage. The result of the research is that at Bagor subdistrict government clinic Nganjuk regency in 2014, it is found that the pattern of diarrhea therapy on children is zinc tablet 100 %, new guanistrep 100%, metoclopramide 29%, paracetamol 27%, and ranitidine 36%. The dosage accuracy that is found is 86%, the over dose is 9%, and under dose is 5%.