Volume 7, Issue 4

Shobha Churi, Arun Jogani

pp. 2–7 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.2 · 2014

Context: Inappropriate use of intravenous proton pump inhibitors (IV PPIs) has been a major challenge for private health-care setups. Inappropriate prescribing may result in increased shortages of IV PPIs in hospitals, t…

Ramanjireddy Tatiparthi, Yitagesu Mamo

pp. 8–15 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.3 · 2014

A cross sectional study is designed to assess the prevalence of adverse drug reactions and its associated factors on who are already under Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. Considerable progress has been made to acce…

Lita Susan Thomas, Selvaraj Lavanya, Murugaiyan Sudaroli, George Praveen Kumar

pp. 16–18 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.4 · 2014

Paediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. Infants and children suffer from frequent but usually non serious illnesses. Effective medical treatment of paediatric patient is based upon an accurate diagnosis…

Rishita Darshan Patel, Nirzarini Nilesh Shah

pp. 19–26 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.5 · 2014

Introduction:Hypertension is the second leading cause of End Stage Renal Disease after diabetes mellitus. If hypertension is an etiologically significant cardiovascular risk factor in hemodialysis patients, the first ste…

Prathap Balakrishna, Dharati Shah, Githa Kishore, Sneha Keerthi

pp. 27–32 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.6 · 2014

Diabetic foot problems such as ulcerations, infections and gangrene are dreadful complications of diabetes mellitus and a major cause of hospitalization. Overall 15% of individuals with diabetes mellitus will have foot u…

Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Shoukath Ali Khan, Manjunath S Shetty

pp. 33–38 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.7 · 2014

Background: Clinical pharmacy services in various ambulatory care settings are well-defined and documented. Nevertheless, data addressing clinical pharmacist-provided drug information services to the nephrology departmen…

Disha BP, Rina N Desai, Anand IS, Patel CN

pp. 39–45 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.8 · 2014

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of combination containing Atorvastatin plus Fenofibrate (ATO+FENO) and to determine whether combination of Fenofibrate had clinically significant benefit over A…

Ponni Jothi Prakasam, Divya Gopala Krishnan, Guru Prasad Mohanta

pp. 46–49 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.9 · 2014

Hand foot syndrome (HFS) is a dose-limiting toxicity of Capecitabine. Though HFS is not life threatening, it can affect the daily activities and quality of life of a patient. Proper patient education aids in early detect…

Prashant Dass, Michell Michell Gulabani, Shrinivas Raikar

pp. 50–52 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.10 · 2014

Erythematous macule is a type of rash which is associated with many dermatological conditions. We present a case of erythematous macules induced by administration of cefixime + ofloxacin tablet, its treatment and managem…

Patel Jyoti Pravin Kumar, Bhatt Sandip Kumar, Prakash Kumar

pp. 53–54 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.7.4.11 · 2014

RESPECTED SIR,Greetings, we write this letter as our perception on edu- cation of radio and nuclear pharmacy after completion of our project at Nuclear Medicine Department, Civil hospital, Ahmadabad, Gujarat.