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Quarterly published in print and online "Inventi Impact: Pharmacy Practice" publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. This journal focuses on discipline of pharmacy which involves developing the professional roles of pharmacists. The scope of the journal includes clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, pharmacovigilance, social pharmacy, pharmacy education, process and outcome research, health promotion and education, health informatics, pharmacoeconomics and other related areas.
Eisenmenger syndrome is a chronic condition characterized by advanced pulmonary hypertension associated with\ncongenital heart disease. Cyanotic system like bluish or grayish coloration of skin can be observed in the patients with\nEisenmenger syndrome. Chest tightness, pain and shortness of breath, lesions, headaches, dizziness, easily tiring, fainting,\nnumbness or tingling in fingers and/or toes are the most common symptoms. Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension is the\nbasic diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome. The diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome can be made when the mean pressure in the\npulmonary trunk which can be elevated beyond 25 mmHg while at rest and 30 mmHg while at exercising. This elevation is\nresulted from aggravating thrombotic processes, pulmonary artery remodeling and vasoconstriction. Use of antiarrhythmics,\nanticoagulants, diuretics and/or digitalis is included in the pharmacological treatment. The management aspects include\nbehavioral modifications, awareness of potential medical risk factors and patient education. The drugs for pulmonary\nhypertension have not been modified the survival rate significantly yet. The prevention by early surgery is ideal, as little\nprogress in management has been made. Progressive factors like high altitudes, anesthesia, estrogen contraception and\npregnancy has to be avoided. Cooperation of the medical practitioners with specialists like cardiologists and awareness about\ncomplications should improve the patient�s outlook....
Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) is one of the most frequent glomerular diseases seen in children. The common causes for\nNS include immunological dysfunction, genetical abnormalities or may be idiopathic. The signs and symptoms include edema,\nalbuminuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, hematuria, decreased urine out-put volume. A 12 year old\ngirl presented with complaints of painless brown hematuria, azotemia, decreased urine out-put volume and swelling of legs\nsince 10 days. The case was diagnosed as proliferative glomerulonephritis with predominant mesangial proliferation and mild\nexudative change. The patient was treated with Tab. Deflazacort 30 mg, Tab. Amlodipine 2.5 mg, Tab. Pantoprazole and Calcium\ngluconate syrup 5 ml. In this case, the etiology was unknown and found to be idiopathic. The patient�s symptoms were found to\nbe reduced and the condition of the patient was good....
Vasmol ingestion with suicidal intension has increased among rural Indian population. There are increasing reports of\nvasmol poisoning cases because of easy availability and high lethality. Several brands are available in the market among that\nsupervasmol 33 is a most popular hair dye. The main component of hair dye causing toxicity is paraphenylene-diamine (PPD).\nThis compound causes oedema of the tongue, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure. Here we reported a 37 year old female\nconsumed hair dye with liver enzymes and urine examinations were altered....
Main aim of Regulatory affairs in pharmaceutical industry is to protect human health. The purpose of drug is to diagnose, prevent or treat diseases or ailments in humans, they are products intimately linked with the advances in research and regulation. People and government spent money on drugs because of the role they can play in saving lives, restoring health, preventing diseases and stopping epidemics. But, in order to do so, drug must be safe, effective and of good quality. The primary components should be regulated by Drug Regulatory Agencies like, product registration, regulation of drug manufacturing, importation and distribution, regulation of drug promotion and information. The pharmaceutical industry, while pursuing an international market, is obliged to comply with national regulations. So, in this review article, an overview of few drug regulatory agencies: India, Europe, Japan, US is covered....
Factors associated with antibiotic use, resistance and safety have been well documented worldwide in the literature.\nNevertheless, only few studies have been conducted in Tamil Nadu. The aim of this study was to assess the patient�s attitudes\ntoward the use and knowledge of antibiotics, survey instrument included questions about the patient�s demographic\ninformation, familiarity with various antibiotics, attitudes toward the knowledge and safety use of antibiotics and the patient�s\ncomfort level when discussing antibiotics. 79% believed that antibiotics are safe to treat common cold and cough. 15% of\nfemales showed inadequate knowledge about the safe use of antibiotics during pregnancy and nursing. 35% kept antibiotics at\nhome for emergency use and 39% misused antibiotics as analgesics. 35% use left-over antibiotics without physicians�\nconsultation while 65% use antibiotics based on a relative advice. 90% of patients indicated that they were used the antibiotics\nwithout any counselling. Hence the remedy suggested for avoid the misuse of antibiotics in the overall population are\nemphasizing pharmacists role and responsibility in preventing antibiotic sale without prescription and consultation approaches\nand strategies that make patient expectations explicit without destructing physician patient relationship....
Now days there has been increasing trend for self-medication among the Indian population. Craving for medicine\r\nand self-medication has been part of mankind from one generation to another. People generally hold the view that medicines\r\nshould be used in the event of any sickness or discomfort during the life time. The main objective of present study\r\nassessment of self medication practices among medical and non medical profession. The study was conducted on a sample of\r\nrandomly selected pharmacy and degree students of Kakatiya University; Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Andhra\r\nPradesh; the age of the students ranged from 17 years to 60 years both sex were questioning. A semi structured\r\nquestionnaire was prepared; data was collected over 12 months period using self administered questionnaire. The study\r\nperiod was conducted from august 2012 to august 2013. Data collected, interview the medicos and non medicos who agreed\r\nto participate in the study during interview enquiring about the personal data. A total of 1002 out of 1050 questionnaires\r\nwere completed filled returned to the researcher, giving a response data of 95.4%. Characteristically average age for the\r\nrespondents was 26 years old and most responders were females (54.5%) of non medical professionals. The majorities\r\nreported to have health insurance living with in the area where a clinic or pharmacy is close and were mostly free from\r\nchronic disease. Approximately 73.05% of the respondents reported that they practice self medication. Self medication was\r\npracticed by 17.6% of medical, 79.5% of non medical and others were found to be of 2.79% of 45.6% male and 54.5% female\r\nsuggesting that the practice of self medication, in general was independent of gender or type of profession. The most\r\ncommon class of medication used in self medication was anti pyretic and analgesics particularly paracetamol which was\r\nreported by 59.6% of the respondents. Reasons for self medication noted are wide advertisements of medicines in\r\ntelevisions, news papers, magazines results in selection of inappropriate drugs for disease condition leading to the\r\nmisjudgement of the disease resulted in drug complications and mortality rate....
Approximately 40% of patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) require mechanical ventilation. An accurate\nprediction of successful extubation in patients is a key clinical problem in ICUdue to the fact that the successful extubation is highly\nassociated with prolonged ICU stay.The prolonged ICU stay is also associated with increasing cost and mortality rate in healthcare\nsystem. This study is retrospective in the aspect of ICU. Hence, a total of 41 patients were selected from the largest academic\nmedical center in Taiwan. Our experimental results show that predicting successful rate of 87.8% is obtained from the proposed\npredicting function. Based on several types of statistics analysis, including logistic regression analysis, discriminant analysis, and\nbootstrap method, threemajor successful extubation predictors, namely, rapid shallowbreathing index, respiratory rate, and minute\nventilation, are revealed. The prediction of successful extubation function is proposed for patients, ICU, physicians, and hospital\nfor reference....
Introduction\nUnderstanding how pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy support workforce cadres assist pharmacists in the healthcare system will facilitate developing health systems with the ability to achieve universal health coverage as it is defined in different country contexts. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the present global variety in the technician and other pharmacy support workforce cadres considering; their scope, roles, supervision, education and legal framework.\n\nMaterial and methods\nA structured online survey instrument was administered globally using the Survey Monkey platform, designed to address the following topic areas: roles, responsibilities, supervision, education and legislation. The survey was circulated to International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) member organisations and a variety of global list serves where pharmaceutical services are discussed.\n\nResults\n193 entries from 67 countries and territories were included in the final analysis revealing a vast global variety with respect to the pharmacy support workforce.\n\nRoles and competency\nFrom no pharmacy technicians or other pharmacy support workforce cadres in Japan, through a variety of cadre interactions with pharmacists, to the autonomous practice of pharmacy support workforce cadres in Malawi.\n\nResponsibilities\nFrom strictly supervised practice with a focus on supply, through autonomous practice for a variety of responsibilities, to independent practice.\n\nSupervision\nFrom complete supervision for all tasks, through geographical varied supervision, to independent practice.\n\nEducation\nFrom on the job training, through certificate level vocational courses, to 3ââ?¬â??4 year diploma programs.\n\nLegislation, regulation and liability\nFrom well-regulated and registered, through part regulation with weak implementation, to completely non-regulated contexts.\n\nConclusion\nThis paper documents wide differences in supervision requirements, education systems and supportive legislation for pharmacy support workforce cadres globally. A more detailed understanding of specific country practice settings is required if the use of pharmacy support workforce cadres is to be optimized....
Sir,\r\nHaving read the article by Moghaddam et al1, I would like to bring to light a new foray of monoclonal antibodies in to antibacterial actions especially against Staphylococcus aureus.The active and passive immunity approaches targeting S. aureus, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), have been quite promising....
The adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) patients with an individual care plan\n(ICP) is often not satisfactory, nor does it allow for a significant improvement in outcome, because of\npoor accessibility to services, poor integration of pathway articulations, poor reconciliation with the\npatientâ??s life, or the lack of a constant reference person. The purpose of this study was to evaluate\nthe contribution of community pharmacists and pharmacy services in improving adherence with\nperiodic controls in DM2. The study was conducted at a rural pharmacy. A sample of 40 patients\nwas calculated with respect to a historical cohort and subsequently enrolled. Clinical and personal\ndata were collected in an electronic case report form. Pharmacists acting as a case manager followed\npatients carrying out their ICP developed by an attending physician. Some of the activities foreseen\nby the ICP, such as electrocardiogram, fundus examination, and self-analysis of blood and urine,\nwere carried out directly in the pharmacy by the pharmacist through the use of telemedicine services\nand point of care units. Activities that could not be performed in the pharmacy were booked by the\npharmacist at the accredited units. Examination results were electronically reported by the pharmacist\nto the attending physician. The primary endpoint was the variation in patient adherence with the\nICP compared to a historical cohort. Secondary endpoints were variation in waiting time for the\nexaminations, mean percentage change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein\n(LDL) cholesterol levels and blood pressure, impact on healthcare-related costs, and perceived quality\nof care. Adherence to the ICP significantly increased. Waiting times were reduced and clinical\noutcomes improved with conceivable effects on costs. Patients appreciated the easier access to services.\nCommunity pharmacists and pharmacy services represent ideal actors and context that, integrated\nin the care network, can really favor ICP adherence and obtain daily morbidity reduction and cost\nsavings through proper disease control and an early diagnosis of complications....
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