UNLABELLED Drug utilization in the in-patient setting can provide mechanisms to assess drug prescribing trends, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of hospital formularies and examine sub-populations such as children for which prescribing habits are different from adults. OBJECTIVES The aim of this descriptive study was to analyze general medication utilization patterns and costs excluding anti...

BACKGROUND The relationship between bed days and benzodiazepine prescription (BDZ) in Western countries is inconclusive, and no hospital-based report has documented this phenomenon in Japan. This study was done to assess the association between bed days and BDZ in a Japanese hospital. METHODS 21,489 adult patients (55.1% men, mean age 59.9 years old) hospitalized between April, 2005 and Decem...

BACKGROUND Taiwan has separated drug prescribing and drug dispensing services since 1997. Because of this, patients with chronic illness as well as those with diseases that have a relatively stable status may have their prescriptions refilled in nearby clinic pharmacies without having to go to hospitals. METHODS Shuang-Ho Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, implemented a drive-through pharmacy servic...

BACKGROUND Statins, due to their well-established pleiotropic effects, have noteworthy benefits in stroke prevention. Despite this, a significant proportion of high-risk patients still do not receive the recommended therapeutic regimens, and many others discontinue treatment after being started on them. The causes of non-adherence to current guidelines are multifactorial, and depend on both phy...

Because of the multitude of financial, health, and social problems associated with prescription opioid misuse, effective methods of identifying older adults who are misusing these medications are needed. We conducted a pilot investigation to determine the prevalence of previous and current prescription opioid use among older adults visiting the Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department and the...

Background Our audit entails the Intravenous fluids prescribed to postoperative patients by clinicians, predominantly the hospital-based interns, where they are analysed and compared with the GIFTASUP 2009 guidelines on prescribing. We gathered data on the attitudes and competency levels in prescribing of the interns, by directly surveying the intern population with questionnaires. We then outl...

Objective: the study aimed to analyze prescription of recommended drugs in outpatients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) at Hanoi Heart Hospital.
 Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional on ACS between 1 January 31 March 2021 Results: The enrolled 154 patients. At discharge, proportion patients 4 was 63.0%. 12 months after using high-intensity statin decreased from 87.7% 42.0%. EF ≤ 40% ha...

www.pharmacypractice.org (ISSN: 1886-3655) 54 ABSTRACT Drug utilization in the in-patient setting can provide mechanisms to assess drug prescribing trends, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of hospital formularies and examine sub-populations such as children for which prescribing habits are different from adults. Objectives: The aim of this descriptive study was to analyze general medication ut...

INTRODUCTION PPIs have been an enormous therapeutic advance in acid-related diseases. However, it has been detected an abuse in its consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of inadequate prescription of chronic use of PPIs in outpatients in a speciality hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS we performed a cross-sectional descriptive study review. The study population were pa...

BACKGROUND Prescribing is a complex task with potential for many types of error to occur. Despite the introduction of a standard national medication chart for Australian hospital inpatients in 2006, simple prescribing errors are common. AIM To compare the effect of quality improvement initiatives on the rate of simple prescribing errors. DESIGN A prospective, multisite comparison of prescri...