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SAGE Open Medicine
Introduction: Drug-related problems could potentially worsen the clinical outcomes in critically ... more Introduction: Drug-related problems could potentially worsen the clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Critically ill patients are generally considered more vulnerable to harm from drug-related problems due to frequent medication-related events and complicated clinical courses. However, drug-related problems identified by on-ward clinical pharmacists in medical intensive care units in Thailand are not well reported. This study reports clinically relevant data with the description of identified problems, common causes of drug-related problems, and pharmacists’ interventions performed in real world, so that it may serve as an educational material for pharmacists who implement a pharmaceutical care and participate in medical intensive care units. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at a tertiary university hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, from January 2015 to December 2020. The drug-related problems were categorized according to Cipolle et al.’s classificatio...
Ramathibodi Medical Journal, 2019
Background: Health promotion education in elderly is the most important key to successful impleme... more Background: Health promotion education in elderly is the most important key to successful implementation of fall prevention program in primary care practice. The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has encouraged the hospital in community to use the self-health records which were found to enhance healthy behaviors. Objective: To compare the knowledge and attitudes on fall prevention among elderly patients and their caregivers before and after the education program that employed using self-health records and receiving the counseling from nurses and pharmacists. Methods: This embedded mixed methods study was designed by using the structured questionnaires including demographic data and measuring the knowledge and attitude on fall prevention for quantitative arm (143 elderly patients and 42 caregivers). The open-ended questions about the advantages and disadvantages of self-health records were used in qualitative part among 106 elderly patients and 29 caregivers after 6 months of usi...
Objective: To determine the prevalence and profile of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of voriconazo... more Objective: To determine the prevalence and profile of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of voriconazole in Thai patients. Material and Method: A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted in in-patients who received voriconazole at Ramathibodi Hospital during the period of 1st July 2005 to 31st March 2008. Patients’ profiles were reviewed for adverse drug events (ADEs) of voriconazole. The causality assessment of ADRs was performed by a clinical pharmacist and a physician using Naranjo’s algorithm. ADR data were classified based on system-organ classification arranged by WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. Prevalence, onset, duration and severity as well as outcome of ADRs were determined. Results: One hundred and twenty-eight patients’ profiles (62 males, 66 females) were assessed with 162 voriconazole use episodes. In total, 94 patients had ADRs from 114 voriconazole use episodes. The prevalence of ADR was therefore 70.4%. ADRs were mostly expressed as live...
SAGE Open Medicine
Introduction: Drug-related problems could potentially worsen the clinical outcomes in critically ... more Introduction: Drug-related problems could potentially worsen the clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Critically ill patients are generally considered more vulnerable to harm from drug-related problems due to frequent medication-related events and complicated clinical courses. However, drug-related problems identified by on-ward clinical pharmacists in medical intensive care units in Thailand are not well reported. This study reports clinically relevant data with the description of identified problems, common causes of drug-related problems, and pharmacists’ interventions performed in real world, so that it may serve as an educational material for pharmacists who implement a pharmaceutical care and participate in medical intensive care units. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at a tertiary university hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, from January 2015 to December 2020. The drug-related problems were categorized according to Cipolle et al.’s classificatio...
Ramathibodi Medical Journal, 2019
Background: Health promotion education in elderly is the most important key to successful impleme... more Background: Health promotion education in elderly is the most important key to successful implementation of fall prevention program in primary care practice. The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has encouraged the hospital in community to use the self-health records which were found to enhance healthy behaviors. Objective: To compare the knowledge and attitudes on fall prevention among elderly patients and their caregivers before and after the education program that employed using self-health records and receiving the counseling from nurses and pharmacists. Methods: This embedded mixed methods study was designed by using the structured questionnaires including demographic data and measuring the knowledge and attitude on fall prevention for quantitative arm (143 elderly patients and 42 caregivers). The open-ended questions about the advantages and disadvantages of self-health records were used in qualitative part among 106 elderly patients and 29 caregivers after 6 months of usi...
Objective: To determine the prevalence and profile of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of voriconazo... more Objective: To determine the prevalence and profile of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of voriconazole in Thai patients. Material and Method: A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted in in-patients who received voriconazole at Ramathibodi Hospital during the period of 1st July 2005 to 31st March 2008. Patients’ profiles were reviewed for adverse drug events (ADEs) of voriconazole. The causality assessment of ADRs was performed by a clinical pharmacist and a physician using Naranjo’s algorithm. ADR data were classified based on system-organ classification arranged by WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. Prevalence, onset, duration and severity as well as outcome of ADRs were determined. Results: One hundred and twenty-eight patients’ profiles (62 males, 66 females) were assessed with 162 voriconazole use episodes. In total, 94 patients had ADRs from 114 voriconazole use episodes. The prevalence of ADR was therefore 70.4%. ADRs were mostly expressed as live...