Abstract

Materials and Methods: After obtaining permission from hospital authority and permission from the Institutional Ethics Committee, 54 admitted patients' prescription were screened between period of June 2021 to December 2021. [...]goal of the treatment is bronchodilators and drugs that reduce mucosal edema and mucolytics. Prescription of un-necessary and unwanted drug may induce unexpected adverse drug reactions, poor disease control leading to limitation of physical activity resulting in severe morbidity or mortality[3] leading to increase in overall cost of therapy and non-compliance in non-affordable patients. [...]prescription monitoring study was planned in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Tamil Nadu with an aim to assess drug utilization pattern by conducting prescription audit in asthma and COPD with regards to assess rationality, extent, and variability of drug usage.

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Title
Drug prescribing pattern in obstructive airway disorders in a tertiary care hospital, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu: A cross-sectional and observational study
Author
Vishwasrao, Sunil Mhatarba 1 ; Vishwasrao, Sufala Sunil 2 ; Kumar, Amar Nagesh 3 

 Department of Pharmacology, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India 
 Department of Anesthesiology, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India 
 Department of Biochemistry, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India 
Pages
1474-1479
Section
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Publication date
2022
Year
2022
Publisher
Association of Physiologists, Pharmacists & Pharmacologists
ISSN
23204672
e-ISSN
22313206
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2709982561
Copyright
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