Drug utilization review in patients with pulmonary diseases in a tertiary care hospital

Authors

  • Mohammed Ashfaq Hussain Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sultan-ul-uloom College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
  • Sara Khan Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sultan-ul-uloom College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
  • Shazia Jabeen Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sultan-ul-uloom College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
  • A. Raghu Kanth Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sultan-ul-uloom College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61096/ijpar.v8.iss1.2019.162-168

Keywords:

Drug utilization review, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Bronchial asthma, Pneumonia, Nebulization, Bronchodilators.

Abstract

Objective

To study the drug utilization pattern in patients with pulmonary diseases mainly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and Pneumonia.

Method

A 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.

Result

The 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.

Conclusion

This 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.

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Published

2022-09-12

How to Cite

Mohammed Ashfaq Hussain, Sara Khan, Shazia Jabeen, & A. Raghu Kanth. (2022). Drug utilization review in patients with pulmonary diseases in a tertiary care hospital. IJPAR JOURNAL, 8(1), 162–168. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijpar.v8.iss1.2019.162-168