background: due (drug utilization evaluation) studies can help identify and correct problems associated with irrational use of drugs. considering lack of data regarding how rational vancomycin is being used, we evaluated this due study in a referral infectious center to evaluate compliance with guidelines in terms of rational use of this valuable antibiotic. methods: this retrospective study wa...

drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. the appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (lmwh), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. a prospective due was carried out at masih daneshvar...

drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. we aim to evaluate the drug utilization of intravenous ciprofloxacin and imipenem, two of the broad spectrum antibiotics that consume a significant proportion of our hospitals’ outlay, in different wards of a teaching hospital in zabol. during a 5 months period (december 2010 to may 2011), 263 patients ...

background: drug utilization studies are helpful in understanding the current practice. we have conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the relevant use of a group of most commonly prescribed antibiotics in a teaching hospital in iran.  the results of this study may be of help for clinicians to improve the patient care. methods: patients who received parenteral ceftazidim, vancomycin and am...

introduction: drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. dues have traditionally focused on drugs with high price tags, complicated dosage schedules, narrow therapeutic indices and regular side effects. the primary goal of the present study is to evaluate imipenem usage in bone marrow transplantation (bmt) wards. methods: the study was a prospec...

background: more than 80% of patients with hematologic  malignancies will develop fever during more than one chemotherapy cycle combined with neutropenia. we aim to evaluate empiric antibiotic strategies in febrile neutropenic (fn) cancer patients. methods: this is a concurrent study performed in the “shahid ghazi” teaching hospital, hematology-oncology center of tabriz, iran during the period ...

in order to investigate the effect of pharmacist intervention on vancomycin use, this study was performed on all patients receiving vancomycin in the intensive care unit (icu) and hematology-oncology ward of taleghani educational hospital in tehran, iran. vancomycin use was assessed during a pre- and post-intervention period in accordance with the center of disease control and prevention (cdc) ...

indications for linezolid use are nosocomial or community-acquired pneumonia and skin infections or soft tissue infection caused by gram-positive microorganisms, but new recommendations may emerge. it is important to balance benefits with risks because severe adverse events have been described in patients taking linezolid treatment. accordingly, we evaluated the suitability of linezolid prescri...