Volume 9, Issue 4

Chandana Naliganti, Chandrasekhar Valupadas, Raghuram Rao Akkinepally

pp. 214–218 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.1 · 2016

Background:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises the most prevalent serious disorders in the developed and developing nations. Epidemiological studies have played an important part in the elucidation of predisposing fac…

Rawat Rashmilata, Ganachari Madiwalayya Shivakantayya, Salimath Geetanjali

pp. 219–224 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.2 · 2016

Background:To increase the knowledge of health professionals towards generic drugs so that they increase the practice of using generic drugs in their daily routine.Aims: To evaluate/investigate the Knowledge and selfprac…

Siddhartha Nuthakki, Sivaprasad Pendyala, Charan Vallabhu, Naveenbabu Kilaru, Siva R Challa, Ravindrababu Pingili

pp. 225–230 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.3 · 2016

Aim: To compare adherence to American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) 2015 guidelines for diabetes care in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. Method: In this…

Vijeesh Tholur Subrahmanian, Kannan Gopal, Murugan Sundaram, Purnima Ashok, Satya Sai Minnikanti Venkata

pp. 231–235 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.4 · 2016

Background:Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin condition which can have profound impact on patient’s quality of life. Moreover, in pharmacotherapy of psoriasis Methotrexate was the first effective systemic drug for p…

Mallesh M, Purushothama Reddy K, P. Vijaya Narasimha Reddy

pp. 236–246 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.5 · 2016

Background:Clinical pharmacy services were started in 1997 in India, in contrast to developed countries where the services were started in early 1960s. However 15 years have been passed out after the introduction of clin…

Mohanraj Rathinavelu Mudhaliar, Samhitha Reddy Yiragamreddy, Ishrar Shaik Mohammad Ghouse, Javeed Patta, Ushanandhini Tabula, Praveen Kumar

pp. 247–252 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.6 · 2016

Background:Rheumatoid arthritis is defined as a chronic, progressive, auto immune mediated systemic inflammatory disease that primarily affects synovial joints. The management of rheumatoid arthritis according to the Ame…

Ashok Kumar Malpani, Manjunath Waggi, Asmila Rajbhandari, Gunda Anil Kumar, Reddy Nikitha, Alapathy Kalyan Chakravarthy

pp. 253–259 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.7 · 2016

Aim:The aim of the study is to conduct a prospective study on prescribing pattern of antibiotics in the out-patient department of Pediatrics and to evaluate the rational use of antibiotics. Methods:The study was conducte…

Sambhu Ramesh, Manas Joshi Mallikasheril, Stephy Paravaragath Justin

pp. 260–265 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.8 · 2016

Context: Elderly population is one of the less studied areas in health sciences. Management of elderly health issues needs special consideration in all aspects right from the problem identification. India’s elderly popul…

Bandaru Nagaraju, Anne Ramu, Suryadevara vidhyadhara, Hanumanula Gunasree, Chadalavada Arun Kumar

pp. 266–268 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.9 · 2016

Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare chronic blistering skin disease. It is classified as a type II hypersensitivity reaction, with the formation of antibodies against desmosomes, components of the skin that function to keep cer…

Poojitha Mandava, Tunuguntla Kusuma Naga Venkata Raja Kiranmai, Pilli Sai Mounika, A.M.S Sudhakar Babu

pp. 269–271 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.10 · 2016

Hyponatremia and Hypokalemia are Electrolyte Disorders which are less common but serious effects that lead to severe complications such as death. This usually occurs due to imbalance between water and electrolytes in bod…