Drug utilization and therapeutic audit.

An audit of therapeutic drug monitoring of anticonvulsants.

An audit of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of anticonvulsants was performed to assess both its use and misuse in the management of patients with epilepsy. Over a four week period all samples received for phenytoin, carbamazepine, sodium valproate and phenobarbitone assays were included in the audit. The aims were to establish the source of the specimens, the reasons for the requests and to a...

Melatonin: therapeutic and clinical utilization.

Melatonin, acting through melatonin receptors, is involved in numerous physiological processes including circadian entrainment, blood pressure regulation, oncogenesis, retinal physiology, seasonal reproduction, ovarian physiology, immune function and most recently in inducing osteoblast differentiation. Moreover, melatonin was proved to be a potent-free radical scavenger and a broad-spectrum an...

Women's Health and Drug Utilization

بررسی الگوی مصرف و تجویز (drug utilization review) سفالسپورینهای نسل سوم در بیمارستان امام خمینی

این مطالعه به منظور بررسی الگوی مصرف و تجویز سفالسپورینهای نسل سوم در بیمارستان امام انجام شد. مطالعه به دو روش گذشته نگر retrospective بر روی پرونده 200 بیمار که از تاریخ فروردین 75 تا مهر 77 در بخشهای عفونی مردان و زنان، مرکز طبی کودکان، طبی 6، طبی 1 و 2 و icu بیمارستان امام بستری بودند انجام گرفت و قسمت حال نگرconcurrent بر روی 200 بیمار بستری در بخش عفونی مردان و زنان انجام شد. متغیرهای مور...

Drug Utilization Studies

ARQUIVOS DE MEDICINA, 22(2/3):69-74 Drug utilization studies aim to evaluate factors related to the prescribing, dispensing, administering and taking of medication, and its associated events (either beneficial or adverse). Since the early 1960’s the interest in Drug Utilization Studies has been increasing, first with market-only purposes, then for evaluating the quality of medical prescription ...