Volume 6, Issue 1

Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India

1. Article

   Hospital Formulary: An Overview

   Mahendrakumar BJ, Sowmya M, Uma Maheswari D, Hymavathi R, Ramesh S

   pp. 1–5 · DOI: · Published

   Formulary is a continually revised compilation of pharmaceuticals and some important ancillary information that reflects the current clinical judgement of medical staff. The main reason for developing hospital formulary …

2. Article

   Monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions in Coronary Thrombosis Patients Admitted to Intensive Cardiac Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Hospital

   Tarun W, Patil P.A, Suresh V P

   pp. 6–12 · DOI: · Published

   Adverse drug reaction (ADR) has been considered as a major threat to healthcare. Many studies continue to explore the incidence, causality and preventability of ADRs in different setup of healthcare so as to minimize or …

3. Article

   Assessment of Appropriateness in Glucocorticoid Prescribing in Medicine In-patients: AProspective Observational Study

   Asawari R, Atmaram P, Kushal G, Aeyna T

   pp. 13–18 · DOI: · Published

   The purpose of this study was to assess the appropriateness in glucocorticoid prescribing with respect to selection, dose, duration and route of therapy to prevent therapeutic failure or occurrence of glucocorticoid asso…

4. Article

   Evaluation of Prevalence of Medication Errors in a Multispecialty Teaching Hospital, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India

   Rekha B, Saurabh B

   pp. 19–24 · DOI: · Published

   Background:Medication error is recognized as the eighth leading cause of death. Objective: The study was proposed to evaluate the prevalence and types of medication errors in IPD (In-patient department) at multispecialty…

5. Article

   Effectiveness of Scalp Cooling in Preventing Chemotherapy induced Alopecia

   Rasna J, Bijoy C V, Feba B, Geetha K, Vijayakumar A

   pp. 25–30 · DOI: · Published

   Chemotherapy induced alopecia is the most distressing feature in cancer treatment. The technique of continuous cooling of scalp during chemotherapy reduces the temperature of scalp and causes vasoconstriction of blood ve…

6. Article

   A Study on Impact of a Clinical Pharmacist in Improving Knowledge of Cardiology Out-patients about Oral Anticoagulants

   Anila K N, Emmanuel J

   pp. 31–35 · DOI: · Published

   The study was conducted to find the magnitude of impact of a clinical pharmacist in improving knowledge of cardiology patients about oral anticoagulants. The interventional group received an additional care by the clinic…

7. Article

   A Study on Tobacco Cessation by Clinical Pharmacist

   Mahendrakumar B J, Soumya M, Jagadish B D, PraveenKumar M, Varun S C

   pp. 36–40 · DOI: · Published

   Tobacco use is one of the major risk factor for 6 out of 8 leading causes of death in the world.It has been estimated that there are 1.1 billion smokers worldwide and 182 million (16.6%) of them live in India. It has bee…

8. Article

   Development and Validation of patient information leaflet for HIV/AIDS patients

   Vigneshwaran E, Padmanabha RY, Devanna N

   pp. 41–46 · DOI: · Published

   HIV/AIDS is a chronic disease and the patients are frequently prescribed with multiple long term therapy where it requires educating the patients regarding their disease and about the drugs for an effective management. P…

9. Article

   Evaluation of Job Satisfaction & Social Identity of Rural Indian Pharmacist

   Vivek J, Priya R, Shubhi P, Shilpi R, Preeti S, Ashuthosh P, Yashumati R, Nishant P

   pp. 47–58 · DOI: · Published

   Introduction:The present study was design to investigate the level of job satisfaction and social identity among the pharmacist working in rural area of India. Method:Prepared questionnaire for pharmacist job satisfactio…

10. Article

    Study Pattern and Need for Learning Management System for Pharmacy Practice Students of Select Colleges in South India: A Pilot Study

    Arun A E, Kannan K, ShobhaRani RH, Sundaresh K N, Shekar H S, Ramjan S

    pp. 59–68 · DOI: · Published

    Objective:To do a pilot study to understand the study habits of the post-graduation (PG) pharmacy practice students in India and their perspective on the use of a Learning Management System (LMS) in line with the current…

11. Article

    Eclampsia: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Centre

    Manjusha S, Vandana N, Goutham R, Sneha M, Atmaram P.P

    pp. 69–73 · DOI: · Published

    Eclampsia is a common obstetric emergency associated with significant maternal and fatal morbidity and mortality rate. The aim is to evaluate incidence, management, perinatal & maternal morbidity/ mortality associated wi…

12. Article

    Efficacy and safety of Rosuvastatin versus Atorvastatin in patients with Hypercholestrolemia

    Sanket S.S, Anand I.S

    pp. 74–79 · DOI: · Published

    The objective of the study was to measure efficacy and safety of Rosuvastatin-10mg versus Atorvastatin-20mg in patients with Hypercholesterolemia. We conducted a single centre retrospective study, involving 117 hyperchol…

13. Article

    A Possible Case of Filgrastim-induced Death

    Vinay P, Krishna S N, Narayana G, Jaffar S, Dixon T

    pp. 80–81 · DOI: · Published

    This is a case report focusing on a 50 year old woman's death possibly due to Filgrastim. Filgrastim is considered to be a drug of choice in neutropenic cases. But in this case, Filgrastim has developed several severe ad…

14. Article

    A Possible case of complete loss of Vision after Intra Ocular Administration of Bevacizumab: Case Report

    Sajida S, Jaffar S M, Balaji K, Narayana G

    pp. 82–83 · DOI: · Published

    This is a case report focusing on a 62 years male patient who experienced complete loss of vision after the intra ocular administration of known strength of Bevacizumab. Bevacizumab is the choice of drug in the treatment…