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A prospective study on hospitalization due to drug-related problems in a tertiary care hospital

Author(s) -

Venkateswarlu Konuru,

Bodanam Naveena,

EdulakantiSneha Reddy,

BandelaCharles Vivek,

Gyadari Shravani

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 0976-4879

pISSN - 0975-7406

DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_35_18

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , observational study , prospective cohort study , pharmacotherapy , medical history , pediatrics , geriatrics , adverse effect , emergency medicine , disease , epidemiology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , physics , optics

Drug-related problem (DRP) is any undesirable event experienced by the patient, which is suspected to involve drug therapy and interferes with a desired patient outcome. Most of these DRPs are avoidable with little vigilant effort. DRP admissions need high attention as DRP-related admissions on an average accounted for 8.36%, of which 50% are avoidable. The aim of the study was to identify the risk factors associated with DRPs in tertiary care hospital.

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