scholarly journals The Frequency of Prescribing Nicotine and Varenicline in a Public Hospital

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Nehad J. Ahmed ◽  
Gamal A. Gabr ◽  
Abeer A. El-Sherbiny
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Nicotine Patch ◽  
Prescribing Pattern ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Internal Medicine Department ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Awareness Programs

Aim: This study was conducted to demonstrate the prescribing pattern of nicotine and varenicline in a public hospital in Alkharj. Methodology: This is a retrospective study includes evaluating outpatient prescribing of nicotine and varenicline from 1st of January 2018 to 30th of June 2018 in a public hospital in Alkharj. Results: All of the nicotine patch prescriptions were written by internal medicine department and all of the prescriptions were prescribed by residents. The age of more than half of them was between 30 and 39 (53.33%). All of the varenicline tablet prescriptions were written by internal medicine department. The age of about 88.23% of the patients who received varenicline tablet was more than 29 years. Conclusion: Nicotine and varenicline prescribing was infrequent in Al-kharj. More awareness programs are needed for health care workers and for the public. Moreover, the physicians should assess if the treatment is needed or no according to the person condition.

scholarly journals Psychological status of health care workers during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease in China: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangrui Song ◽  
Chunyan Ni ◽  
Wenpeng Cai ◽  
Tianya Hou ◽  
Bin Lian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Care Workers

Abstract Background: Following the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, thousands of health care workers (HCWs) joined in the battle to prevent epidemic. The purposes of this study were to assess the psychological status of health care workers fighting against COVID-19 and compared their status with non-health care workers.Methods: 1521 participants were invited to complete a cross-sectional survey which consisted of a demographic questionnaire, the symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90), the Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) and Chinese-Version Social support revalued scale (SSRS). SCL-90 was used as a measure of psychological status, CD-RISC was used as a measure of resilience and SSRS was used as a measure of social support. All analyses were completed by SPSS21.0 and two-tailed with significance defined as p <0.05.Results: HCWs showed higher level of obsessive-compulsive symptoms ( p = 0.002), depression ( p =0.011), anxiety ( p = 0.037) and had lower level of subjective support ( p <0.001) as well as strength ( p =0.012). Compared with those who working in other hospital departments, HＣＷｓ working in internal medicine department had high level of obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity, they also had low level of social support and resilience.Conclusions: HCWs were vulnerable to mental disorders, and health organizations and government should initiate psychological assistant program to keep them immune to mental disorders. HCWs who working in internal medicine department (IMD) were supposed to rebuild their resilience, social support systems, confidence and job satisfaction under the guidance of psychologists.

scholarly journals The Outpatient Prescribing of Topical Betamethasone in Al-Kharj

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Nehad J. Ahmed ◽  
Menshawy A. Menshawy ◽  
Mohd. Faiyaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Prescribing Pattern ◽  
Dermatology Department ◽  
Topical Corticosteroids ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Electronic Prescriptions

Aim: The present study aimed to describe the prescribing pattern of topical betamethasone in the outpatient setting in Alkharj. Methodology: This retrospective study that included collecting data from the electronic prescriptions in a public hospital in Alkharj in 2018. Results: During the study period from Jan to Dec 2018 only 46 patients received topical betamethasone. Most of the patients were female (63.04%). About 71.74% of the prescribed betamethasone was in ointment form and 28.26% in lotion form. Most of the prescribers were residents (97.83%). Most of the prescriptions were written by dermatology department (58.70%). Conclusion: The use of topical betamethasone was uncommon and this could be due to the availability of other topical corticosteroids and other alternatives. It is important to increase the knowledge of health care workers and the patients regarding the use of topical corticosteroids.

The Prescribing Trends of Vitamin D Supplements and the Concurrent Use of Medicines for Chronic Conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Nehad J. Ahmed ◽  
Menshawy A. Menshawy
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Prescribing Patterns ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Internal Medicine Department ◽  
Prescribing Trends ◽  
Vitamin D Supplements

Aim: This study aims to determine the prescribing patterns of vitamin D supplements in a public hospital in Al-Kharj. Methodology: This cross-sectional drug utilization study was conducted at a public hospital in Al-Kharj that included a review of the outpatient electronic prescriptions in 2018. Therefore, inclusion criteria included the outpatient prescriptions that contain Vitamin D supplement in 2018. The data were collected using Microsoft Excel® and the descriptive data were represented as numbers and percentages. Results: In 2018, 311 patients were prescribed Alfacalcidol. Most of the patients who received Alfacalcidol were females (76.21%), aging 40-69 (58.85%). The majority of Alfacalcidol drugs were prescribed by Internal Medicine department (56.91%). In 2018, 127 patients were received Cholecalciferol. Most of the patient were females (79.53%), in the age level between 30-39 (21.26%) followed by patients less than 10 years (18.90%). The majority of Cholecalciferol drugs were prescribed by Internal Medicine department (30.71%). Conclusion: Vitamin D supplements were used frequently with other medicines for chronic conditions. More studies are needed to know the effect of Vitamin D supplements in the prevention or treatment of chronic diseases. Moreover, in order to use vitamin D supplements correctly, it is important to know the prescribing trends of these supplements.

Medication Errors in an Internal Medicine Department. Evaluation of a Computerized Prescription System

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Mirco ◽  
Luís Campos ◽  
Fátima Falcão ◽  
João Silva Nunes ◽  
Ana Aleixo
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Internal Medicine Department ◽  
Department Evaluation

FACTS, MYTHS AND INFODEMICS IN COVID-19 IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND GENERAL POPULATION: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Shrivastava P ◽  
Verma S ◽  
Khushboo Khushboo ◽  
Bhattacharya P K
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Related

Despite the ubiquity of health-related communications via social media, no consensus has emerged what information should be conveyed and how it should be conveyed to avoid creating panic among general population. With lockdowns social media, mass media became as a habit by people for news, information regarding COVID-19 and it is practiced even after lockdown. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mass media, social media and local news has become as the source of a toxic “infodemic” source for public. It contained both solicited and unsolicited advice. No conceptual model exists for examining the roles of media. It is important to rst assess the important mis-information, role of infodemics and prevalent casualness among the public regarding the COVID-19. Till mass vaccination is not commenced it is prudent to emphasize guidelines and practices as per COVID guidelines like social distancing, wearing mask, hand hygiene

CEREBROVASCULAR ISCHEMIC EVENTS FOLLOWING CISPLATIN THERAPY. EXPERIENCE IN AN INTERNAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. S17
Author(s):  
Joaquin Campos-Franco ◽  
Raimundo Lopez-Rodriguez ◽  
Nieves Mallo-Gonzalez ◽  
Paula Barros-Alcalde ◽  
Rosario Alende-Sixto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Internal Medicine Department ◽  
Ischemic Events ◽  
Cisplatin Therapy
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