scholarly journals 53 Audit of prescribing practices in women of child bearing age in general cardiology clinic in beaumont hospital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Condon ◽  
N Humphreys ◽  
BF McAdam
Keyword(s):  
Beaumont Hospital ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Cardiology Clinic

‘Conceivably Neglected’ – Are prescribers sufficiently aware of the risks of prescribing sodium valproate to women with mental illness?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charana Perera ◽  
Sue Patterson ◽  
George Bruxner
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Valproate ◽  
Chart Review ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Bipolar Mood Disorder ◽  
Public Mental Health Service ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Robust Evidence

Objectives: To describe prescription of sodium valproate (SV) for bipolar mood disorder to potentially child-bearing women within one public mental health service and describe risks of fetal exposure, and safe prescribing practices among psychiatrists. Methods: A 24-month retrospective chart review with descriptive analysis; narrative review of literature and guidelines. Results: Review of 383 charts demonstrated prescription of valproate to 20% of 98 women aged 15–45, with little evidence of advice regarding risk and contraception. Robust evidence of teratogenic and neurodevelopmental risk underpins increased regulation, and recommendations that valproate not be prescribed to this cohort. Conclusions: The significant risks associated with SV oblige all prescribers to proactively access authoritative guidelines such as those published by the Centre of Perinatal Excellence.

714 Withdrawn Causes of chronic dyspnoea in patients of cardiology clinic

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-165
Author(s):  
A SYRKIN ◽  
M POLTAVSKAYA ◽  
E SARKISOVA ◽  
A DOLETSKI ◽  
M KUKLINA
Keyword(s):  
Cardiology Clinic

Stereotactic Radiosurgery: The Experience of the Neurotology and Skull Base Unit at Beaumont Hospital

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (S 02) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Khan ◽  
M. Sadadcharam ◽  
R. Wormald ◽  
M. Javadpour ◽  
D. Rawluk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skull Base ◽  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Beaumont Hospital ◽  
Base Unit

Comparative prevalence of prescription errors in randomly collected samples from hospital pharmacy and community pharmacy, Punjab, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-353
Author(s):  
Sabeeha Kausar ◽  
Muhammad Imran
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Hospital Pharmacy ◽  
Dosage Form ◽  
Physician Education ◽  
Prescribing Errors ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Prescription Errors ◽  
Dosing Frequency ◽  
N 93

Objective: This study was conducted to analyze and evaluate the prevalence of prescription errors, to optimize the medication effectiveness and patient safety and to encourage the rational prescribing practices. Method: sample of 250 prescriptions was randomly collected from outdoor hospital pharmacy (n=157) and from community pharmacy (n=93) and analyzed manually to estimate the prevalence of prescription errors. Results: Results calculated by using SPPS Version 23 and MS Excel 2013 are as follow; 41.4% prescription collected from outdoor hospital pharmacy presented significant prescribing errors while 54.7% in sample collected from community pharmacy. The prescriptions were segregated and errors were estimated using following parameters; dose, dosage form, dosing frequency, drug-drug interactions, spelling, and duplication of generic, therapy duration and unnecessary drugs. Conclusion: The prevalence of prescribing errors in sample of community pharmacy was 12.37% greater than found in prescriptions of hospital pharmacy. The prevalence of prescription errors can be reduced by physician education, using automated prescribing systems and immediate review of prescription by pharmacist before dispensing of prescription items to patients.

A retrospective audit of antibiotic prescriptions in a Lebanese Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Ibrahim ◽  
Zeinab Bazzi
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Antimicrobial Drugs ◽  
Stewardship Program ◽  
Retrospective Audit ◽  
Attending Physician

Despite the frequent alarms that have been published about the adverse effects of antibiotic use and misuse, physicians prescribe to patients approximately fifty percent of unnecessary antimicrobials. In an attempt to decrease the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and increase awareness, a team approach is required to address this prescribing phenomenon in a feasible manner. A retrospective study was done at a one-hundred-forty-bed hospital with a representative sample size of 368 patients. Patient data was collected and analyzed by a stewardship team. The overall antibiotic inappropriate rate was 45.8%, which is relatively high and consistent with the findings of other studies mentioned in the literature. This study aimed to provide baseline epidemiological data on the use of antibiotics in a Lebanese hospital and has revealed several notable patterns of antibiotic prescribing practices among Lebanese physicians such as the use of antimicrobial drugs example penicillin was consistently high. Strong correlations were identified between the type of attending physician and antibiotic appropriateness. These findings will be important in constructing an antimicrobial stewardship program to reduce antibiotic misuse.

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