Drug utilization review in patients with pulmonary diseases in a tertiary care hospital
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61096/ijpar.v8.iss1.2019.162-168Keywords:
Drug utilization review, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Bronchial asthma, Pneumonia, Nebulization, Bronchodilators.Abstract
ObjectiveTo study the drug utilization pattern in patients with pulmonary diseases mainly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and Pneumonia.
MethodA prospective and observational study was carried out for a period of 6 months. The information obtained from the case sheets and prescriptions of the in patients was recorded in data collection forms and was analysed.
ResultThe prescriptions mostly contained Antibiotics, short acting beta-2 agonists, long acting beta-2 agonists, anticholinergic, Oxygen supplementation, corticosteroids and Leukotriene receptor antagonists. The most commonly prescribed class of drugs was antibiotics(93.47%), the most commonly prescribed drug was Salbutamol (42.75%), the combination of drugs that was most commonly prescribed was the combination of Salbutamol and Ipratropium Bromide (35.50%), the class of antibiotics that was most commonly prescribed was Cephalosporin (74.63%) and the most commonly used route was the inhalation/nebulization route.
ConclusionThis study concludes that although the drugs were prescribed according to the availability of the drugs and physician’s preference but they were in accordance with the standard guidelines.