Constipation is a common occurrence on geriatric in-patient wards. It can result in delirium and other complications including bowel obstruction. Over treatment with laxatives can result in iatrogenic diahorrea, which can lead to dehydration, delirium, and the false positive labeling and unnecessary treatment of clostridium difficile carriers. This can result in increased morbidity and mortalit...

Objective: Adverse drug reactions are more incident among the elderly and are frequently associated to inappropriate prescription for this group. The objective of the current study was to investigate the incidence and the characteristics of emergency department visits, related to inappropriate prescription, at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Methods: Patients aged 60 years or older, adm...

Background: One way to reduce medical errors associated with physician orders is computerized physician order entry (CPOE) software. This study was conducted to compare prescription orders between 2 groups before and after CPOE implementation in a hospital.    Methods: We conducted a before-after prospective study in 2 intensive care unit (ICU) wards (as intervention and control ward...

BACKGROUND Prescription medication borrowing and sharing is a behaviour that has been identified in patients of all ages. This behaviour is recognised by medical researchers and government health authorities as a potential risk factor in adverse drug events across the community. OBJECTIVE This article discusses prescription medication borrowing and sharing and identifies populations more like...

Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic usage is increasing rapidly day by with or without prescription. Irrational prescription usage, negligence of standard guidelines antimicrobial resistance complexity in the therapy desired outcome. High-volume antibiotics primary health care a major factor contributing antibiotic resistance. Educating physician...

Medication error are one of the most frequently occurring types adverse events in hospitalized patients and potentially more harmful children than adults. A prospective study was carried out to identify incidence medication selected hospital, Indore. 16355 records patients, admitted Indore were evaluated. Prospective aimed evaluate compliance, completion & accuracy audit checklist case files ac...

drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. the appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (lmwh), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. a prospective due was carried out at masih daneshvar...

enteric fever is endemic in many parts of the third world. in india, it is the fifth most common infectious disease. with increasing resistance to fluoroquinolones and re-emergence of chloramphenicol , the policy of empirical treatment of tf needs to be rationalized.   to compare the prescription     pattern    for two successive years. to study the change in trend in the prescription pattern. ...