Rabia Bushra
Pakistan
Research Article
Assessment of Prescribing Trend of Drugs at Out Patient’s Chest Ward of Government Tertiary Care Hospital Situated in Karachi
Author(s): Maqsood Ahmed Khan, Syed Imran Ali, Shazia Alam, Rasheeda Fatima, Sadia S Kashif, Rabia Bushra, Farya Zafar, Huma Ali, Mudassar Hassan and Sarwat Jahan
Maqsood Ahmed Khan, Syed Imran Ali, Shazia Alam, Rasheeda Fatima, Sadia S Kashif, Rabia Bushra, Farya Zafar, Huma Ali, Mudassar Hassan and Sarwat Jahan
In this present study prescription patterns were assessed at outpatient chest departments in a tertiary care Government hospital. A prospective study was conducted at outpatient’s chest department of a tertiary care Government hospital in Karachi. The study was conducted from November 2013 to February 2014. The study sampled the prescriptions randomly. Inclusive criteria were based on those patients suffering from respiratory diseases were included in the study and treatment at outpatient chest department, whereas exclusive criteria were based on patients with other than respiratory diseases were not included in the study. Data was obtained from the prescription of the outpatients and these prescriptions were obtained from the pharmacy of the outpatient pharmacy. Data was analysed statistically by using SPSS version 20. In the present study total 241 patients were included in th.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/jbb.1000370