Clinical pharmacists’ role in identification of drug related problems in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Kadapa
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Back ground: A Drug-Related Problem is an event or circumstance involving drug therapy that actually or potentially interferes with desired health outcomes. When reviewing a patient's drug therapy, one of the main objectives of Clinical Pharmacist are to identify systematic review of each drug order on the patient's medication charts for its appropriateness and resolve any drug-related problems. Aim: To conduct a study on the identification of the drug related problems by Clinical Pharmacist. Method: A Prospective observational study was conducted for a period of 6 months and then patients were categorized according to their disease condition. Adverse drug reactions were identified and classified according to Naranjo’s scale. Other drug related problems were analyzed from the prescription and referred from standard literature. Results: In our study we screened 508 cases for DRP’s. ADR’s had been manifested in 34 patients in I.P and 8 patients in O.P. Possible drug-drug interactions were found 415 in IPD and 88 in OPD. These are the maximum DRP’s were identified during the study period. Conclusion: In our study major drug related problems identified were adverse drug reactions. The incidence of adverse drug reaction is 0.082. About 6% of the patients were affected by adverse drug reactions.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. S. Chandra Babu, Dr. Madhan Mohan Rao, Dr. S. Parveen, S. Deva sree, K. Bhargavi
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