Table 2 Reported indications for the prescription of the various drugs

Normal saline 0.9%

90

80/90

73/90

-

-

-

-

-

(dry) cough, dyspnoea, prophylaxis, structuring of the patient’s day, well-being, various lung diseases, diluent

Hypertonic saline

26

26/26

-

-

-

-

-

-

cough inducing

Ambroxol

41

41/41

-

-

-

-

-

-

on patient’s request

Acetyl cysteine

14

14/14

-

-

-

-

-

-

Salbutamol

99

-

-

97/98

-

-

-

-

dyspnoea, secretolysis, spasmolysis, well-being

Ipratropium bromide

69

-

-

68/68

-

-

-

-

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, sialorrhea

Budesonide

43

-

-

30/43

-

23/43

-

23/43

cough, respiratory congestion, anti-inflammatory in general (nasopharyngeal, tracheal, pulmonary)

Dexpanthenol

12

-

-

-

9/12

9/12

8/12

8/12

cough, epistaxis, mucous membrane care

Heparin

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2/2

number of pre-scribers

anti-oedematous

haemostyptic, oral

haemostyptic, hypo-pharyngeal

haemostyptic, pulmonary

dyspnoea

cough

pain

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Epinephrine

32

26/31

-

-

-

-

-

-

bleeding (n = 15); bronchodilation

Tranexamic acid

27

-

13/26

20/26

23/26

-

-

-

haemostyptic nasal

Morphine

5

-

-

-

-

4/5

1/5

5/5

Hydromorphone

1

-

-

-

-

1/1

0/1

1/1

Fentanyl

16

-

-

-

-

12/16

3/16

16/16

Ketamine

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

5/5

Lidocaine

17

-

-

-

-

-

12/17

11/17

dry cough

number of pre-scribers

dyspnoea (pulmonary hypertension)

acute pneumonia

cystic fibrosis

suppressive therapy of chronic pulmonary infection

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Iloprost

1

1/1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tobramycin

4

-

0/4

3/4

4/4

-

-

-

Gentamicin

4

-

0/4

2/4

4/4

-

-

-

Colistin

1

-

0/1

1/1

1/1

-

-

-

Aztreonam

0

-

0/0

0/0

0/0

-

-

-