: Reasonableness in Prescription for Treatment of Hypertension Outpatient

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the reasonableness of prescription for treatment of hypertension outpatients at the examination department of Hau Nghia Regional General Hospital - Long An. Objects and methods: Cross-sectional, retrospective, non-intervention descriptive studies on 180 patients who came to examine and treat hypertension at the examination department, stored on the software of the Hau Nghia Regional General Hospital - Long An. Results: All cases of patients using angiotensin inhibitors, diuretics, calcium channel blockers, AT1 receptor inhibitors were used at the correct dose and the correct number of times a day. In the case of mandatory indications, all patients with comorbidities had a reasonable indication of 100%, only patients with myocardial infarction and diabetes had reasonable indications of 94.74% and 94.12% respectively. The majority of treatment regimens were correctly applied on the specific patient. The rational use rate of prescription regimen was 95.51%, 2-drug regimen was 95.45% and that of 3-drug regimen reached 100%. There were no violations of contraindications in the use of therapeutic regimens. Conclusion: The use of hypertension drugs all had reasonable indications, achieving a high rate, there was no violation of contraindications in the use of treatment regimens.