We determined the quality of medical prescription in Ribat University Hospital, Khartoum through detecting errors in doctors' prescriptions. We randomly selected 1000 medical prescriptions and checked them for completeness and legibility. The total number of doctors responsible for writing the prescriptions was 46. The patient's full name was written on only 18.8% of prescriptions and that of t...

background: reciprocal drug interactions are among the most common causes of adverse drug reactions. we investigated the incidence and related risk factors associated with mutual drug interactions in relation to prescriptions written in the neurology wards of two major teaching hospitals in shiraz, southern iran. methods: data was collected from hand-written prescriptions on a daily basis. mutu...

This study was carried out to analyse drug-prescribing practices in primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in the Gaza Strip. We retrospectively evaluated 2569 prescriptions from 22 PHCs during January-December 2014. Systematic random sampling was applied. Analysis followed the World Health Organization recommended core prescribing indicators. The mean number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 2 ...

drug is an important and strategic commodity and a basic need of the people in all countries. the aim of this study is to determine the drug use patterns and descriptive analysis of prescriptions of doctors in ardabil city of iran. a retrospective study was carried out on 2000 randomly-selected prescriptions. data were obtained on demographics, prescribing indexes and analyzed by descriptive st...

Wewould like to congratulate the developers of the recently presented cardiovascular risk calculator1 and to applaud the decision of the Psoriasis Group of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) to facilitate the clinical practice of dermatologists by including it on their web page. However, we would also like to discuss 2 issues in the interest of making this new service mor...

Appropriate and optimal use of medication and polypharmacy are especially relevant to the care of older Canadians living with frailty, often impacting their health outcomes and quality of life. A majority (two thirds) of older adults (65 or older) are prescribed five or more drug classes and over one-quarter are prescribed 10 or more drugs. The risk of adverse drug-induced events is even greate...

BACKGROUND Inappropriate prescribing has been estimated to be as high as 40% in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to develop a computer program that identifies potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and to test its reliability. METHODS Potentially inappropriate prescriptions were identified based on modified McLeod guidelines. A database from one pharmacy servicing long-term...

This article aimed to test the general hypothesis that guidelines create uniformity, or reduce variation, in medical practice. Medical practice variation has policy interest and is one of the reasons for developing guidelines. The development and implementation of guidelines was considered in the broader context of processes of rationalization. We focused on the influence of voluntary guideline...

introduction: the present research studies the evaluation of drug prescriptions for under-5-year-old children and their effective factors carried out by junior paramedics at rey city. materials and methods: in this study 28 health houses, medical family files of 589 patients/children, 55 junior paramedics for their drug prescription to children under 5 years old, and their regular follow-ups we...