Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most common medicine for the treatment and prophylaxis of acid peptic conditions. The inappropriate use of the PPIs mainly intravenous form of Pantoprazole may lead to excessive cost and unexpected adverse effect. The purpose of our study was to evaluation the use of intravenous Pantoprazole in international heart center in north of Iran. Meth...

background: hemoptysis occurs due to either pulmonary diseases or bronchoscopy interventions. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of the endobronchial instillation of adrenaline with that of tranexamic acid. methods: fifty patients were randomly selected as 2 double-blinded sample groups (n=25). in these patients, bleeding could not be controlled with cold saline lavage dur...

Background and objectivesTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescriptions are complex compositions according to certain compatibility rules treat different diseases. Therefore, understanding the superposition, inhibition, interaction between effective components is essential. This study aimed use modern information technology established TCM databases analyze explore effectiveness of in terms p...

BACKGROUND In Sasang medicine, patients are treated with herbal prescriptions based on Cold-Heat patterns induced by conditions of physiological equilibrium among internal organs, which also induce differences in body circumferences. The objective of the current study was to elucidate the relationship between Cold- and Heat-prescription types and body circumferences. METHODS Data from suitabl...

Background: To study the pattern of prescription statins in a tertiary care centre.
 Methods: Study was conducted on Patients with indications for presenting to cardiology OPD, Medicine OPD and Endocrinology started at PGIMER, Chandigarh, within period 9 months.
 Results: Atorvastatin found be more commonly prescribed (n=179), which is about73.7%compared Rosuvastatin (n=64) about 26.3...

The major difference between Iranian traditional medicine and allopathic medicine is in the application  of  evidence  and  documents.  In  this  study,  criteria  for  evidence-based  practice  in  Iranian traditional medicine and its rules of practice were studied. The experts' views were investigated through in- depth, semi-structured interviews and the results were categorized into four mai...

Rational prescribing increases the quality of health care and patient outcomes. In this study, the quality of drug prescription in specialist physicians in Isfahan province of Iran was assessed for evaluating the rational use of drugs and improving the therapeutic outcomes.This retrospective survey was conducted on a total of 7999530 prescriptions from all general and specialist physicians. The...

Rational prescribing increases the quality of health care and patient outcomes. In this study, the quality of drug prescription in specialist physicians in Isfahan province of Iran was assessed for evaluating the rational use of drugs and improving the therapeutic outcomes.This retrospective survey was conducted on a total of 7999530 prescriptions from all general and specialist physicians. The...

A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient. Medication errors can occur in deciding which medicine and dosage regimen to use (prescribing faults--irrational, inappropriate, and ineffective prescribing, underprescribing, overprescribing); writing the prescription (prescription errors); manufacturing the formulation...

Background: This study was aimed to evaluate the orthopedists’ prescription pattern for outpatients referred to private clinics in Kerman province, Iran. Methods: In this study a total of 59,613 outpatients’ prescriptions issued by orthopedists contracting with Iran Health insurance organization and Iran Social Security Organization from the 1st May...