Unnecessary, excessive and poor injection practices in the South East Asia region (including Nepal) have been observed previously. The authors aim to study prescription of injectable drugs to inpatients in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal. Prescription of injectable drugs (IDs) and intravenous fluids (IVFs) to inpatients discharged from the wards of the Manipal Teaching Hospital during 1st ...

OBJECTIVE To describe patient characteristics, concordance with recommended postdischarge care, and risk of repeat events within a cohort of children discharged from an emergency department (ED) or hospital for food-induced anaphylaxis in the US. STUDY DESIGN Children (aged <18 years) with an ED visit/hospitalization for food-induced anaphylaxis were identified from the 2002-2008 Truven Healt...

BACKGROUND Falls have been identified as a potential adverse event associated with the administration of psychotropic medications to older patients. OBJECTIVE The objective of this exploratory study was to examine the association between potentially inappropriate prescribing of benzodiazepines, as defined by the Beers criteria, by older adults (at least 65 years of age) and the risk of having...

conclusions findings reveal a significant degree of prescription errors, emphasizing the need for stringent surveillance. results a total of 227 case notes were reviewed, 129 (56.8%) of which belonged to male patients. no medication was prescribed for 13 patients, whereas 697 drug prescriptions (excluding intravenous fluids) were given for 214 patients, equaling 3.25 drugs/patient; antibiotics ...

conclusions the sophistication of electronic prescription and integration with ehr will become a reality, if all its stakeholders collaborate in developing fast and secure electronic prescription systems. it is plausible that the required infrastructure should be provided for implementation of the national integrated electronic prescription systems in countries without the system. given the bar...

BACKGROUND Inappropriate prescription of antibiotics may contribute towards higher levels antimicrobial resistance. A key intervention for improving appropriate antibiotic prescription is surveillance of prescription. This paper presents the results of a longitudinal surveillance of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescription in 5 public-sector hospitals in Singapore from 2006 to 2010. METHODOLOGY...

Objectives. To evaluate the adherence rate to prescribed medications in elderly patients 24-48 hours after being discharged from the hospital. Methods. Family medicine residents visited patients over the age of 65 years at their homes one to two days after being discharged from the hospital and documented all the medications that they were taking since coming home from the hospital. The list of...

introduction: irrational drug prescription is a controversial issue around the world that inter-feres not only with the patient&apos;s life but also with the society and economy. despite few studies, there is no enough data on the prescription ha bits of dental practitioners. so, we aimed at eva luating the same issue in rasht, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional re-trospective st...

abstract background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the dimensional accuracy of mbt (mclaughlin, bennett and trevisi ) brackets manufactured by two different companies (american orthodontics and ortho organizers) and determine variations in incorporation of values in relation to tip and torque in these products. methods: in the present analytical/descriptive study, sixty-four maxillary ri...

Indications for linezolid use are nosocomial or community-acquired pneumonia and skin infections or soft tissue infection caused by gram-positive microorganisms, but new recommendations may emerge. It is important to balance benefits with risks because severe adverse events have been described in patients taking linezolid treatment. Accordingly, we evaluated the suitability of linezolid prescri...