Preventable Drug Harms in Renal Injuries: A Prospective Observational Study in OPD and IPD Patients in Medicine Department of Civil Hospital, Nashik

Background: Renal injuries are common clinical syndrome. Drug causes near about 20% of community and hospital-acquired episodes of renal failure. Kidneys are mainly responsible for elimination of drugs, therefore, it is susceptible to high degree of toxicity. Therefore, they are susceptible to high degree of toxicity. Objectives: To avoid preventable renal injuries by early prognosis, it is necessary to evaluate parameters of renal injuries in early stages of the drug exposure. Study setting: This study was based on case series analysis. All patients with abnormal renal function reports were included in the study. It requires longterm study, therefore, it was hard to recruit deranged renal function test patients in shorter time period of 3 months. Materials and Methods: Our total sample size was 180 out of which 50 (27.77%) patients were recruited within given time limit. This was a prospective observational study conducted at Civil Hospital of Nashik. All 50 patients had abnormal renal function test. Out of total 50 patients, there were 32 patients who were male (64.00%) and 19 (36.00%) patients were female. Results: NSAIDs were found to be the most common drugs that cause Acute renal failure. Conclusions: The study concludes that, by identifying renal injuries earlier, we can prevent 30% hospitalizations which are caused due to prescribed drugs.