<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study deals with effect of hospital pharmacist on solving drug-related problems (DRP) in inpatients. The study was carried out as a prospective 5-week study at the Cardiology Clinic, Teaching Hospital, Nitra. The study group included 73 inpatients. Pharmacotherapy of each patient was analysed for DRP within 24-48 h after admission. Information on patients was collected from electronic database, medical reports, communication with attending doctors and ward rounds. Patients’ age, medical history, diagnoses, medication prescribed during hospitalisation and laboratory test results were assessed for further pharmacotherapy rationalisation. Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) classification scheme for DRP V6.2 was used to characterise DRP. There were 36 DRP identified in 37% inpatients (n = 27). The most frequent causes of DRP were dose-related (n = 13; 26%) and use</p></abstract>

This study deals with effect of hospital pharmacist on solving drug-related problems (DRP) in inpatients. The study was carried out as a prospective 5-week study at the Cardiology Clinic, Teaching Hospital, Nitra. The study group included 73 inpatients. Pharmacotherapy of each patient was analysed for DRP within 24-48 h after admission. Information on patients was collected from electronic database, medical reports, communication with attending doctors and ward rounds. Patients’ age, medical history, diagnoses, medication prescribed during hospitalisation and laboratory test results were assessed for further pharmacotherapy rationalisation. Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) classification scheme for DRP V6.2 was used to characterise DRP. There were 36 DRP identified in 37% inpatients (n = 27). The most frequent causes of DRP were dose-related (n = 13; 26%) and use

Medication review in inpatients at cardiology clinic / Prehodnotenie terapie u hospitalizovaných pacientov na kardiologickej klinike

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Teaching Hospital Nitra, Cardiology Clinic

Teaching Hospital Nitra, Department of Neonatology

European Pharmaceutical Journal

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This study deals with effect of hospital pharmacist on solving drug-related problems (DRP) in inpatients. The study was carried out as a prospective 5-week...

Medication review in inpatients at cardiology clinic / Prehodnotenie terapie u hospitalizovaných pacientov na kardiologickej klinike

Publié en ligne: 22 juin 2015

Pages: 15 - 19

Reçu: 24 oct. 2014

Accepté: 13 mars 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/afpuc-2015-0002

Mots clés
medication reconciliation - inpatient - PCNE - DRP - clinical pharmacist

© by B. Kováčová

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Medication review in inpatients at cardiology clinic / Prehodnotenie terapie u hospitalizovaných pacientov na kardiologickej klinike

Publié en ligne: 22 juin 2015

Pages: 15 - 19

Reçu: 24 oct. 2014

Accepté: 13 mars 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/afpuc-2015-0002

Mots clésmedication reconciliation - inpatient - PCNE - DRP - clinical pharmacist

© by B. Kováčová

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
medication reconciliation - inpatient - PCNE - DRP - clinical pharmacist