Volume 7, Issue 2

Abhishek Singh, Sunny Ohlan, Deepika Agrawal

pp. 20–23 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.2.5 · 2021

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wreaked havoc across the globe with the onset of year 2020, which posed an extra ordinary situation in front of humankind. As the pandemic continues to progress, everyday challenges are…

Pui Wun Fiona Fong, Mahmud Majdi bin Mahmud Saedon, Stella Caroline J Bangguan

pp. 24–27 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.2.6 · 2021

Protein plays a significant role in nutritional support, especially for patients at intensive care unit (ICU) who commonly suffer from net loss of protein. ASPEN and ESPEN guidelines recommend a minimum protein of 1.2g/k…

Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Fatma-elzahraa Ahmed Mahmoud

pp. 28–33 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.2.7 · 2021

Purpose:The purpose of this study is to define the requirements needed to be an Ideal pharmacist, in addition to determining the best traits that characterize the ideal pharmacist, which can help in explaining the qualit…

Sohail Riaz, Zaib Un Nisa, Saba Mushtaq, Qazi Amir Ijaz, Kashif Sohail, Abuzar Khan

pp. 34–38 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.2.8 · 2021

Background:Chronic Kidney Disease is a non-communicable disease which can often progress to kidney failure and can be a potential cause of some cardiovascular complications. There is need to assess awareness of disease t…

Gbonjubola Yusuff Tunde, Ibrahim Ahmad Abubakar

pp. 39–40 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.2.9 · 2021

Dear Editor,Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both.[1] The national Diabetes Data Group (2000) …