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Evaluation of out-patient prescriptions in rural part of central Gujarat

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2018
Background: The prescription error is a failure in the prescription writing process leading to wrong instructions about the identity of the recipient, the identity of the drug, the formulation, dose, route, timing, frequency, and duration of ...
Nitin Kothari, Anuradha Joshi, Jatin Buch   +2 more
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Exploring the evidence base for national and regional policy interventions to combat resistance [PDF]

, 2015
The effectiveness of existing policies to control antimicrobial resistance is not yet fully understood. A strengthened evidence base is needed to inform effective policy interventions across countries with different income levels and the human health and
Aarestrup, Aarestrup, Ahuja, Aidara-Kane, Alimuddin Zumla, Allegranzi, Allegranzi, Amábile-Cuevas, Anthony D So, Anthony Kessel, Baertlein, Belongia, Belongia, Bushnell, Catley, Catley, Cheng, Coenen, Crowther-Gibson, Dagan, Datema, Davey, David L Heymann, De Boeck, Earnshaw, Emmeline J Buckley, Fazal K Dar, Finkelstein, Fätkenheuer, Gerber, Govin Permanand, Grave, Grave, Grazia Caleo, Grundmann, Hammerum, Hanne Bak Pedersen, Harbarth, Haydar Giha, Hennessy, Henry Lishi Li, Heuer, Holloway, Huttner, Huttner, Jack, Jasper Littmann, John-Arne Røttingen, Jørgen Schlundt, Kariuki, Katakweba, Khalid M Bindayna, Khan, Komolafe, Kümmerer, Little, Luoto, Mandal, Mark Rweyemamu, Marti, McNulty, Mishal Khan, Mitj, Mohammed Shahid, Moyane, Mshana, Nisi, Ogan, Okeke, Okeke, Okeke, Osman A Dar, Parry, Pittet, Pletz, Radley, Ranji, Richard Kock, Rumina Hasan, Silverman, Simonsen, Song, Speksnijder, Spurling, Stephan Harbarth, Vanden Eng, Vernet, Versporten, Versporten, Viberg, Vlieghe, Walt, Xiao, Zingg   +93 more
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Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]

, 2013
Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to ...
Abdraimova, Alleyne, Atun, Barrington, Bigdeli, Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, Caudron, Chaudhuri, Colombo, Di Cesare, Downing, Faith N Mwangi-Powell, Ford, Ford, Frenk, Frost, Gale, Gilks, Goroff, Hans V Hogerzeil, Hardon, Heath, Hogerzeil, Hogerzeil, Jonathan Liberman, Kanavos, Kishore, Laing, Liberman, Lim, Lonn, Lu, Luiz, Marquez, Maxmen, Mills, Moodie, Moon, Outterson, Panchagnula, Perehudoff, Quick, Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Reddy, Roderick, Sakthi Selvaraj, Sandeep P Kishore, Sanne, Smith, Szabo, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Twagirumukiza, Twagirumukiza, Veronika J Wirtz, Wagner, Wald, Waning, Yusuf, ‘t Hoen   +60 more
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Natesto®. What Else? New Trends in Drug Naming

Names, 2018
This paper is a lexicological study of the brand names of newly FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved drugs which aims at highlighting the new trends observed in drug naming.
Pascaline Faure
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Study on prescribing pattern and rational use of antidiabetic drugs in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in tertiary care hospital

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2020
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. Due to the presence of comorbid conditions, geriatric patients are usually on more than 1 drug and hence this vulnerable population requires frequent monitoring.
Pushpa V H, Nagesh H N, Ramesh H S
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A drug utilization study in post-operative patients of obstetrics and gynecology of a tertiary care teaching hospital

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: After any kind of surgery, many drugs are prescribed for prevention of infection, analgesic purpose, nausea, vomiting, gastritis and to maintain the hemodynamic status.
Arthy S, Sakthibalan M
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Prescribing trends in a teaching hospital in Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003
Prescriptions of the patients at the time of admission to the college of Medical Sciences (CMS), Bharatpur, Nepal were collected for a period of 6 months to study the prescribing pattern in a teaching hospital.
Ranjib Ghosh, J N Neogi, B S Srivastava, P Sen   +3 more
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Nurse prescribing of medicines in 13 European countries [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Nurse prescribing of medicines is increasing worldwide, but there is limited research in Europe. The objective of this study was to analyse which countries in Europe have adopted laws on nurse prescribing.
Maier, Claudia B.
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Irrational drug use and its associated factors at Debre Markos Referral Hospital’s outpatient pharmacy in East Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: Half of all drugs are used irrationally around the world, and about half of patients take their medications correctly. Inappropriate use of drugs leads to antibiotic resistance, medication therapy problems, and an increase in drug costs. This
Legese Melku, Muluken Wubetu, Bekalu Dessie   +2 more
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APEL, APL or CPD? [PDF]

, 2010
Acquired prior experiential learning (APEL), acquired prior learning (APL) and/or continuous professional development (CPD) in the form of short courses or degree courses can ensure current and future employment.CPD is a requirement of regulatory and ...
Cox, C. L.
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