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Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study
Background. We assessed the prescribing trends, average number of drugs per prescription, and cost per prescription during the initial contact of the patient with the physician in emergency room. Methods. This retro-prospective study was conducted over a period of six months. Medical records of two...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242208 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/261585 |
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author | Cheekavolu, Chakrapani Pathapati, Rama Mohan Babasaheb Laxmansingh, Kudagi Saginela, Satish Kumar Makineedi, Veera Prasad Siddalingappa, Kumar, Amitabh |
author_facet | Cheekavolu, Chakrapani Pathapati, Rama Mohan Babasaheb Laxmansingh, Kudagi Saginela, Satish Kumar Makineedi, Veera Prasad Siddalingappa, Kumar, Amitabh |
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description | Background. We assessed the prescribing trends, average number of drugs per prescription, and cost per prescription during the initial contact of the patient with the physician in emergency room. Methods. This retro-prospective study was conducted over a period of six months. Medical records of two hundred patients were reviewed for prescribing patterns. Results. 52 different types of drugs (996 drugs) were prescribed in total 200 prescriptions during the mean time spent in emergency room of 2.8 ± 1.4 hours. The average number of drugs per prescription was 4.2 ± 1.2. 95% of drugs were prescribed by trade name. Average drugs cost per prescription was 784 ± 134 rupees (17USD). Conclusion. Polypharmacy remains the main form of irrational prescribing. Prescribing patterns of drugs were knowledge based rather than WHO criteria for rational use of drugs. |
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spelling | pubmed-32534672012-01-12 Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study Cheekavolu, Chakrapani Pathapati, Rama Mohan Babasaheb Laxmansingh, Kudagi Saginela, Satish Kumar Makineedi, Veera Prasad Siddalingappa, Kumar, Amitabh ISRN Pharmacol Research Article Background. We assessed the prescribing trends, average number of drugs per prescription, and cost per prescription during the initial contact of the patient with the physician in emergency room. Methods. This retro-prospective study was conducted over a period of six months. Medical records of two hundred patients were reviewed for prescribing patterns. Results. 52 different types of drugs (996 drugs) were prescribed in total 200 prescriptions during the mean time spent in emergency room of 2.8 ± 1.4 hours. The average number of drugs per prescription was 4.2 ± 1.2. 95% of drugs were prescribed by trade name. Average drugs cost per prescription was 784 ± 134 rupees (17USD). Conclusion. Polypharmacy remains the main form of irrational prescribing. Prescribing patterns of drugs were knowledge based rather than WHO criteria for rational use of drugs. International Scholarly Research Network 2011 2011-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3253467/ /pubmed/22242208 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/261585 Text en Copyright © 2011 Chakrapani Cheekavolu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Cheekavolu, Chakrapani Pathapati, Rama Mohan Babasaheb Laxmansingh, Kudagi Saginela, Satish Kumar Makineedi, Veera Prasad Siddalingappa, Kumar, Amitabh Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title | Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title_full | Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title_short | Evaluation of Drug Utilization Patterns during Initial Treatment in the Emergency Room: A Retroprospective Pharmacoepidemiological Study |
title_sort | evaluation of drug utilization patterns during initial treatment in the emergency room: a retroprospective pharmacoepidemiological study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242208 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/261585 |
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