A study of medication-related problems in stroke patients: A need for pharmaceutical care

OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to assess the incidence and characteristics of drug-related problems (DRPs). METHODS: A prospective, observational study was conducted among 133 patients with stroke disease who were aged 18 years or older and admitted to the general medicine ward. During the 6 months...

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Autores principales: Kanagala, Viswa Srujani, Anusha, Annapareddy, Rao, Bhukya Srinivasa, Challa, Siva Reddy, Nalla, Krishna Sri, Gadde, Raja Sree
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512717
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.185750
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author Kanagala, Viswa Srujani
Anusha, Annapareddy
Rao, Bhukya Srinivasa
Challa, Siva Reddy
Nalla, Krishna Sri
Gadde, Raja Sree
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Anusha, Annapareddy
Rao, Bhukya Srinivasa
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description OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to assess the incidence and characteristics of drug-related problems (DRPs). METHODS: A prospective, observational study was conducted among 133 patients with stroke disease who were aged 18 years or older and admitted to the general medicine ward. During the 6 months study period, the incidence of DRPs was identified using the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Foundation classification system, version 6.2. FINDINGS: A total of 133 patients were screened for DRPs. Among them, 120 patients have at least one DRP. A total of 254 DRPs were identified (on average, 2.015 DRPs per each patient case). CONCLUSION: Increasing the evidence of the incidence of medication-related problems in tertiary care hospitals indicates the need for the establishment of a clinical pharmacist in hospital settings.
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spelling pubmed-49662452016-08-10 A study of medication-related problems in stroke patients: A need for pharmaceutical care Kanagala, Viswa Srujani Anusha, Annapareddy Rao, Bhukya Srinivasa Challa, Siva Reddy Nalla, Krishna Sri Gadde, Raja Sree J Res Pharm Pract Research Letter OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to assess the incidence and characteristics of drug-related problems (DRPs). METHODS: A prospective, observational study was conducted among 133 patients with stroke disease who were aged 18 years or older and admitted to the general medicine ward. During the 6 months study period, the incidence of DRPs was identified using the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Foundation classification system, version 6.2. FINDINGS: A total of 133 patients were screened for DRPs. Among them, 120 patients have at least one DRP. A total of 254 DRPs were identified (on average, 2.015 DRPs per each patient case). CONCLUSION: Increasing the evidence of the incidence of medication-related problems in tertiary care hospitals indicates the need for the establishment of a clinical pharmacist in hospital settings. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4966245/ /pubmed/27512717 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.185750 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kanagala, Viswa Srujani
Anusha, Annapareddy
Rao, Bhukya Srinivasa
Challa, Siva Reddy
Nalla, Krishna Sri
Gadde, Raja Sree
A study of medication-related problems in stroke patients: A need for pharmaceutical care
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title_sort study of medication-related problems in stroke patients: a need for pharmaceutical care
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512717
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.185750
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