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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Medication Reconciliation of Patients by Pharmacist at the Time of Admission and Discharge from Adult Nephrology Wards.

Hossein Ahmadi, Yalda Houshmand, Ghanbar Ali Raees-Jalali, Iman Karimzadeh

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Hossein AhmadiStudent Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz P.O. Box 7146864685, Iran.
Yalda HoushmandDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz P.O. Box 7146864685, Iran.
Ghanbar Ali Raees-JalaliDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz P.O. Box 7134814336, Iran.
Iman KarimzadehDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz P.O. Box 7146864685, Iran.

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purposeThe aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of medication reconciliation by pharmacists at both admission and discharge in hospitalized patients with different kidney diseases.

methodsA prospective study was performed in adult nephrology wards of a teaching referral hospital in Iran from September 2020 to March 2021. All patients hospitalized in the nephrology ward for at least 1 day who received the minimum of one medication during their ward stay within the study period were considered eligible. Medication reconciliation was performed by taking a best-possible medication history from eligible patients during the first 24 h of ward admission. Medications were evaluated for possible intentional as well as unintentional discrepancies.

resultsHere, 178 patients at admission and 134 patients at discharge were included. The mean numbers of unintentional drug discrepancies for each patient at admission and discharge were 6.13 ± 4.13 and 1.63 ± 1.94, respectively. The mean ± SD numbers of prescribed medications for patients before ward admission detected by the nurse/physician and pharmacist were 6.06 ± 3.53 and 9.22 ± 4.71, respectively (

conclusionsThe rate of reconciliation errors was high in the adult nephrology ward. The active contribution of pharmacists in the process of medication reconciliation can be significantly effective in identifying these errors.

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drug errorsdrug interactionsmedication discrepanciesmedication reconciliationnephrology

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PMCPMC11587488

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