Volume 11, Issue 1

What is 'pharmaceutical care' in 2013?

J. W. Foppe van Mil, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos

pp. 1–2 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Assessment of community pharmacists’ counselling skills on headache management by using the simulated patient approach: a pilot study

Ana Patrícia Santos, Alessandra R. Mesquita, Karolline Sales Oliveira, Divaldo P. Lyra

pp. 3–7 · DOI: · Published 2013

Background: Headache, or cephalalgia, is one of the 20 most disabling diseases in the world and affects a large portion of the world’s population. People generally use over-the-counter medications to treat headaches and …

Case management of malaria fever at community pharmacies in Pakistan: a threat to rational drug use

Madeeha Malik, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Azhar Hussain, Hisham Aljadhey, Fahad Saleem

pp. 8–16 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Objective: To document the case management of uncomplicated malaria fever at community pharmacies located in the two major cities of Pakistan; Islamabad (national capital) and Rawalpindi (twin city). Method: A comparativ…

Use of non-formulary drugs in children at a Brazilian teaching hospital: a descriptive study

Mariana Y. Tramontina, Isabela Heineck, Luciana Dos Santos

pp. 17–23 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Objectives: To characterise the prescription of non-formulary drugs to children and neonates at a Brazilian teaching hospital and identify adverse drug reactions (ADRs), drug interactions, and prescription of potentially…

Prevalence and control of hypertension in a Niger Delta semi urban community, Nigeria

Ismail A. Suleiman, Ebubechukwu O. Amogu, Kehinde A. Ganiyu

pp. 24–29 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Background: Hypertension is a public health problem worldwide, but the prevalence in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is not known. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of hypertension in the locality an…

Demonstration of anticoagulation patient self-testing feasibility at an Indian Health Service facility: A case series analysis

Ryan R. Schupbach, John M. Bousum, Michael J. Miller

pp. 30–37 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Background: Anticoagulation patient self-testing (PST) represents an alternative approach to warfarin monitoring by enabling patients to use coagulometers to test their international normalized ratio (INR) values. PST of…

A bibliometric study of publication patterns in rational use of medicines in Iran

Sarah Mousavi, Ava Mansouri, Alireza Ahmadvand

pp. 38–43 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Background: Inappropriate use of drugs is commonly observed in health care system throughout the world especially in developing countries. The consequences of irrational use of drugs are enormous for patients and communi…

A retrospective evaluation of the efficacy of intravenous bumetanide and comparison of potency with furosemide

Jean M. Nappi

pp. 44–50 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Background: The potency of intravenous bumetanide to furosemide using a ratio of 1:40 has been suggested; however, there are little data supporting this ratio. Recent drug shortages required the use of bumetanide in a la…

Implementing ward based clinical pharmacy services in an Ethiopian University Hospital

Alemayehu B. Mekonnen, Elias A. Yesuf, Peggy S. Odegard, Sultan S. Wega

pp. 51–57 · DOI: · Published Jan-Mar 2013

Background: Clinical pharmacy practice has developed internationally to expand the role of a pharmacist well beyond the traditional roles of compounding, dispensing and supplying drugs to roles more directly in caring fo…

Information Technology: An Integrated Approach

Stephen Goundrey-Smith

pp. 58–59 · DOI: · Published