Afsaneh Vazin

[ 1 ] - Evaluation of faculty and non-faculty physicians’ medication errors in outpatients’ prescriptions in Shiraz, Iran

Aim: This study was aimed at finding the occurrence rate of prescription errors in the outpatients' prescriptions written by faculty and non-faculty physicians practicing in Shiraz, Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study 2000 outpatient prescriptions were randomly collected from pharmacies affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) and social security insurance in Shiraz,...

[ 2 ] - Vancomycin Utilization Evaluation at Hematology-Oncology Ward of a Teaching Hospital in Iran

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of vancomycin administration in the hematology-oncology ward of Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Study criteria were developed to assess the several parameters involved in vancomycin therapy. These parameters include the appropriateness of drug usage, dosage, duration of therapy, monitoring for toxicity and serum concentration monitoring. ...

[ 3 ] - Evaluation of faculty and non-faculty physicians’ medication errors in outpatients’ prescriptions in Shiraz, Iran

Aim: This study was aimed at finding the occurrence rate of prescription errors in the outpatients' prescriptions written by faculty and non-faculty physicians practicing in Shiraz, Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study 2000 outpatient prescriptions were randomly collected from pharmacies affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) and social security insurance in Shiraz,...

[ 4 ] - Vancomycin Utilization Evaluation at Hematology-Oncology Ward of a Teaching Hospital in Iran

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of vancomycin administration in the hematology-oncology ward of Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Study criteria were developed to assess the several parameters involved in vancomycin therapy. These parameters include the appropriateness of drug usage, dosage, duration of therapy, monitoring for toxicity and serum concentration monitoring. ...

[ 5 ] - Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Two Doses of Aminophylline/Theophylline Administered as Multiple Intermittent Infusions to Iranian Apneic Premature Neonates

Many premature neonates suffer from apnea, and aminophylline is administrated for them. The objective of this study was to reveal pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of theophylline in Iranian premature neonates. Premature neonates (68) who were admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Namazi, Hafez, and Zeinabieh Hospitals were included in the study. All of them received 5 mg/k...

[ 6 ] - Intravenous Methylprednisolone, a Possible Cause of the Atrial Fibrillation

We are presenting a case illustrating atrial fibrillation (AF) following the use of methylprednisolone in a patient with pelvic and femur fracture. A 48- year- old man with no significant past medical history, was admitted to the emergency department after injury in a car accident. He suffered a multiple bone fracture with chief complaints of pain and shortness of breath. He was transfer...

[ 7 ] - ارتباط بین میزان دوز معین روزانه آنتی‌بیوتیک‌ها با الگوی مقاومت میکروارگانیزم‌های جدا شده از بیماران دچار عفونت بیمارستانی

چکیده زمینه و هدف: عفونت با میکروارگانیزم‌های مقاوم در بخش‌های مراقبت ویژه بیمارستان‌ها، شایع‌تر از سایر بخش‌های بیمارستانی می‌باشد. هدف این مطالعه بررسی ارتباط بین میزان دوز معین روزانه آنتی‌بیوتیک‌ها با الگوی مقاومت میکروارگانیزم‌های جدا شده از بیماران دچار عفونت بیمارستانی بود. روش بررسی: این مطالعه مقطعی به مدت 9 ماه در سه بخش مراقبت‌های ویژه داخلی، نوروسرجری و جراحی بیمارستان نمازی...

[ 8 ] - ارتباط بین میزان دوز معین روزانه آنتی‌بیوتیک‌ها با الگوی مقاومت میکروارگانیزم‌های جدا شده از بیماران دچار عفونت بیمارستانی

چکیده زمینه و هدف: عفونت با میکروارگانیزم‌های مقاوم در بخش‌های مراقبت ویژه بیمارستان‌ها، شایع‌تر از سایر بخش‌های بیمارستانی می‌باشد. هدف این مطالعه بررسی ارتباط بین میزان دوز معین روزانه آنتی‌بیوتیک‌ها با الگوی مقاومت میکروارگانیزم‌های جدا شده از بیماران دچار عفونت بیمارستانی بود. روش بررسی: این مطالعه مقطعی به مدت 9 ماه در سه بخش مراقبت‌های ویژه داخلی، نوروسرجری و جراحی بیمارستان نمازی...