The Adverse Effects of Hospitalization on Drug Regimens

Attitudes of Nigerian Pharmacists towards Pharmaceutical Care

“…This is higher than identified in previous studies performed in 1991 and 1999, in which respectively 69.0% and 80% of patients received new medications at discharge 31,38 . The proportion of patients with new prescriptions in our study is probably higher because only patients presenting at least one prescription from the hospital were included, whilst others included patients discharged without any prescription.…”

“…Varying distributions of DRPs in relation to different types of drugs have been reported 2,31,35,38 . Like in this study, cardiovascular drugs are always highly involved.…”

Adverse Drug Events in Elderly Patients Receiving Home Health Services following Hospital Discharge

“…The probability that the adverse effect was related to a medication(s) was assessed by using an algorithm for operational assessment of ADE as developed by Naranjo et al 17 The algorithm assigns a weighted score to 10 criteria, and based on this score the ADE was characterized as not an ADE (<1), a possible ADE (1-4), a probable ADE (5)(6)(7)(8), or a definite ADE (≥9).…”

Reducing prescribing error: competence, control, and culture

“…4 Communication of prescribing information between the two sectors is also less than ideal: in one study, around half of the patients were failing to take the right medicine, correctly, a month after discharge. 5 Non-adherence, in part a consequence of poor prescribing, affects 30-50% of patients taking medications for chronic conditions. 6 7 The importance of prescribing errors is magnified by the sheer frequency of prescribing.…”