Observational studyScientific reports2022
Characteristics of drug-related problems and pharmacist's interventions in hospitalized patients in Thailand: a prospective observational study.
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- Drug-therapy-related problems and pharmacist interventions in the medical ward in northeast Ethiopia: focus on types, acceptability, and impacts.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
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- Exploration of drug therapy related problems in a general medicine ward of a tertiary care hospital of Eastern Nepal.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Drug-Related Problems of Intensive Care Unit Patients by Clinical Pharmacists: A Retrospective Study.Turkish journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2024Article
- Development of an innovative clinical pharmacy service in a urology surgical unit: a new initiative from Qatar.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
- Drug-related problems identified by clinical pharmacists in an academic medical centre in Thailand.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
- The pharmacists' interventions after a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
- Drug-Related Problems and Pharmacists' Interventions in Hypertensive Outpatients: A Multicenter Prospective Study in 3 Vietnamese Hospitals.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2023Article
- Medication error and associated factors among adults admitted to emergency ward at the university of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, North-West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study, 2022.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- Determination of drug-related problems among type 2 diabetes outpatients in a hospital in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Drug-related problems (DRPs) are a major health concern. A better understanding of the characteristics of DRPs throughout the hospital stay may help to tailor pharmaceutical care services (PCS). This study aims to describe the characteristics of DRPs and to compare DRP pattern in different stages of hospital stay. DRPs were identified by clinical pharmacists as part of their routine services. Pharmacist assessed causality, severity and preventability of DRP. A total of 316 preventable DRPs occurred in 257 patients with the median of 1 (rang 1-3) DRPs per patient. 46.8% of DRPs occurred at discharge than at other stages. The most frequent cause of DRP was no drug treatment in spite of existing indication, accounting for 32.3% of all DRPs. No drug treatment with existing indication was detected frequently at discharge (56.1%) compared with other stages (p-value < 0.001). The common intervention to physician was starting a drug (34.0%) and the acceptance rate was 95.8%. DRPs in hospitalized patients occur at any stage of the hospital stay. Systematic identification of DRP characteristics enables pharmacists to tailor optimal type of PCS required and hence improve patient safety.
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