Background: Medicines play a crucial role in the healthcare delivery of hospital. The appropriate use medicines gives us assessment quality health services being provided particular region. Aim: To evaluate prescribing practices and antibiotic utilization patterns so that extent irrational can be assessed by comparing them with published ideal values set WHO. Study design: Retrospective, cross-...

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the trends in prescribing pattern medical ICU concerning patient age, gender, past, and current illness along with comorbidities for evasion polypharmacy improve outcomes. Methods: A prospective analysis case records patients admitted Yashoda hospital India was carried out. Results: 120 were evaluated, consisting 77% male patients. mean±SD a...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pattern of drug (prescription, OTC) utilization in pregnant women attending the Antenatal OPD at a Tertiary care hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 pregnant women attending Antenatal Out Patient Department. Out of 400 women majority (40%) were in the third trimester. The average drugs prescribed were 6.25 per prescription. Iron, F...