Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major caus... more Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major cause of death in India and a major cause of death worldwide 1. It was thought previously to affect initially the higher income countries, but now CHD leads to more death in low- and middle-income countries such as India. Lifestyle modification is the main stay of treatment in preventing coronary heart disease. The intervention by pharmacists through pharmaceutical care program can be useful in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors such as increased blood pressure, high blood glucose, and high lipid levels 2-4. Objective: To study the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on general cardiovascular risk and to assess 10-year cardiovascular risk using Framingham scoring method. Method: Hypertensive and diabetic patients (N = 104) aged>45 years of age were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients enrolled. The pharmacist‟s intervention included counse...
2012 Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT'12), 2012
Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Technology is an emerging technology that uses radio waves ... more Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Technology is an emerging technology that uses radio waves to transmit data in order to track the objects. In recent years, many organizations implementing this technology into their existing business processes. In this paper, the Study of Application Level Event Standard is presented and Interfacing of RFID Reader with the Personal Computer has been implemented successfully.
Introduction: Bronchial asthma is a major public health problem affecting a large number of indiv... more Introduction: Bronchial asthma is a major public health problem affecting a large number of individuals of all ages. Globally, 100 to 150 million people suffer from asthma. Estimates indicate that, India has 20 to 28 million asthmatics and the prevalence amongst children (5 to11 years) is in between 10% to 15%. Being a chronic medical condition, management of asthma requires continuous medical care. Abstract: Objectives: To study the adherence in Asthma children's and to assess the factors contributing to non-adherence. Methodology: A total of 368 patients with bronchial asthma were studied over a period of two years at two different hospitals in Tamilnadu in India. Once included in the study, patient's follow-up was done for three months. Percentage adherence therapy was calculated. If patient was non-compliant to the therapy, were employed various health education strategies to improve the adherence in these patients. Results: A total of 368 patients with bronchial asthma ...
The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of community pharmacists towards the concept... more The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of community pharmacists towards the concept of self-medication Erode, India. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Erode between august2010and December, 2010. A 20-item self-completion questionnaire was administered to randomly selected sample of 50 community pharmacists from Erode. Main outcome measures included understanding of self-medication, reasons for why patients practice self-medication, source for drug of choice, attitude towards Patient counseling, barriers to implementation of patient counseling. Data’s were analyzed. Descriptive results were expressed as frequency and percentage. Most patients were seeking self medication for headache 14.72%, Fever 14.29%, urinary tract infections 10.13% etc. The drugs most commonly dispensed or purchased on a self medication basis were NSAIDS 33.7%. Pharmacists 56% and previous prescription 24% were the common sources from where patients get information about drug of choice. Si...
International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Urinary tract infection is the one of the most common bacterial infection in humans and a major c... more Urinary tract infection is the one of the most common bacterial infection in humans and a major cause of morbidity. It is also a common reason for outpatients consults. However the etiology of UTI and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern vary from time to time and across different areas. The objective of the study was to determine the distribution, clinical, laboratory profile and antibiotic utilization pattern. It is a cross sectional hospital based study conducted on 200 outpatients with symptoms of UTI for a period of 6 months. This study shows that young married females (65%) are more prone to the risk of UTI. Complicated UTI is more common in males. E. coli, the predominant organism isolated shows maximum susceptibility to meropenem and amikacin. Diabetes mellitus appears to be predominant risk factor of UTI in our study. The risk of acquiring UTI in diabetic subjects significantly increases in long standing diabetes, male gender and with poor glycemic control. Dysuria and feve...
The main objective of the study is to assess the significance and severity of Drug-Drug Interacti... more The main objective of the study is to assess the significance and severity of Drug-Drug Interactions (DDI) in prescriptions collected prospectively at selected community pharmacies in Erode and Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu for a period of six months. All prescriptions with two or more ...
The aim of the study is to determine the prescribing pattern of antimicrobials at various rural a... more The aim of the study is to determine the prescribing pattern of antimicrobials at various rural and urban hospitals and to propose possible interventions on improving antibiotic usage by implementing pharmacist role to prevent antibiotic resistance in future for that a prospective – observational study was conducted in urban and rural hospitals, in Tamilnadu, India between June 2012 to January, 2013 which includes 360 antibiotic containing prescriptions are analyzed and Each prescription was compared with standard treatment guidelines and the observations are noted. A specially designed data entry form was used to collect data. From our study it was observed that Antibiotics are being extensively prescribed where alternate therapy is available. Irrational Use of much high power antibiotic to patients will cause resistance to antibiotics. To prevent this pharmacist role was implemented which undergone the issue of standard treatment guidelines, right drug for right microorganisms wer...
Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major caus... more Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major cause of death in India and a major cause of death worldwide 1. It was thought previously to affect initially the higher income countries, but now CHD leads to more death in low- and middle-income countries such as India. Lifestyle modification is the main stay of treatment in preventing coronary heart disease. The intervention by pharmacists through pharmaceutical care program can be useful in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors such as increased blood pressure, high blood glucose, and high lipid levels 2-4. Objective: To study the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on general cardiovascular risk and to assess 10-year cardiovascular risk using Framingham scoring method. Method: Hypertensive and diabetic patients (N = 104) aged >45 years of age were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients enrolled. The pharmacist‟s intervention included couns...
Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major caus... more Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major cause of death in India and a major cause of death worldwide 1. It was thought previously to affect initially the higher income countries, but now CHD leads to more death in low- and middle-income countries such as India. Lifestyle modification is the main stay of treatment in preventing coronary heart disease. The intervention by pharmacists through pharmaceutical care program can be useful in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors such as increased blood pressure, high blood glucose, and high lipid levels 2-4. Objective: To study the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on general cardiovascular risk and to assess 10-year cardiovascular risk using Framingham scoring method. Method: Hypertensive and diabetic patients (N = 104) aged>45 years of age were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients enrolled. The pharmacist‟s intervention included counse...
2012 Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT'12), 2012
Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Technology is an emerging technology that uses radio waves ... more Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Technology is an emerging technology that uses radio waves to transmit data in order to track the objects. In recent years, many organizations implementing this technology into their existing business processes. In this paper, the Study of Application Level Event Standard is presented and Interfacing of RFID Reader with the Personal Computer has been implemented successfully.
Introduction: Bronchial asthma is a major public health problem affecting a large number of indiv... more Introduction: Bronchial asthma is a major public health problem affecting a large number of individuals of all ages. Globally, 100 to 150 million people suffer from asthma. Estimates indicate that, India has 20 to 28 million asthmatics and the prevalence amongst children (5 to11 years) is in between 10% to 15%. Being a chronic medical condition, management of asthma requires continuous medical care. Abstract: Objectives: To study the adherence in Asthma children's and to assess the factors contributing to non-adherence. Methodology: A total of 368 patients with bronchial asthma were studied over a period of two years at two different hospitals in Tamilnadu in India. Once included in the study, patient's follow-up was done for three months. Percentage adherence therapy was calculated. If patient was non-compliant to the therapy, were employed various health education strategies to improve the adherence in these patients. Results: A total of 368 patients with bronchial asthma ...
The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of community pharmacists towards the concept... more The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of community pharmacists towards the concept of self-medication Erode, India. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Erode between august2010and December, 2010. A 20-item self-completion questionnaire was administered to randomly selected sample of 50 community pharmacists from Erode. Main outcome measures included understanding of self-medication, reasons for why patients practice self-medication, source for drug of choice, attitude towards Patient counseling, barriers to implementation of patient counseling. Data’s were analyzed. Descriptive results were expressed as frequency and percentage. Most patients were seeking self medication for headache 14.72%, Fever 14.29%, urinary tract infections 10.13% etc. The drugs most commonly dispensed or purchased on a self medication basis were NSAIDS 33.7%. Pharmacists 56% and previous prescription 24% were the common sources from where patients get information about drug of choice. Si...
International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Urinary tract infection is the one of the most common bacterial infection in humans and a major c... more Urinary tract infection is the one of the most common bacterial infection in humans and a major cause of morbidity. It is also a common reason for outpatients consults. However the etiology of UTI and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern vary from time to time and across different areas. The objective of the study was to determine the distribution, clinical, laboratory profile and antibiotic utilization pattern. It is a cross sectional hospital based study conducted on 200 outpatients with symptoms of UTI for a period of 6 months. This study shows that young married females (65%) are more prone to the risk of UTI. Complicated UTI is more common in males. E. coli, the predominant organism isolated shows maximum susceptibility to meropenem and amikacin. Diabetes mellitus appears to be predominant risk factor of UTI in our study. The risk of acquiring UTI in diabetic subjects significantly increases in long standing diabetes, male gender and with poor glycemic control. Dysuria and feve...
The main objective of the study is to assess the significance and severity of Drug-Drug Interacti... more The main objective of the study is to assess the significance and severity of Drug-Drug Interactions (DDI) in prescriptions collected prospectively at selected community pharmacies in Erode and Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu for a period of six months. All prescriptions with two or more ...
The aim of the study is to determine the prescribing pattern of antimicrobials at various rural a... more The aim of the study is to determine the prescribing pattern of antimicrobials at various rural and urban hospitals and to propose possible interventions on improving antibiotic usage by implementing pharmacist role to prevent antibiotic resistance in future for that a prospective – observational study was conducted in urban and rural hospitals, in Tamilnadu, India between June 2012 to January, 2013 which includes 360 antibiotic containing prescriptions are analyzed and Each prescription was compared with standard treatment guidelines and the observations are noted. A specially designed data entry form was used to collect data. From our study it was observed that Antibiotics are being extensively prescribed where alternate therapy is available. Irrational Use of much high power antibiotic to patients will cause resistance to antibiotics. To prevent this pharmacist role was implemented which undergone the issue of standard treatment guidelines, right drug for right microorganisms wer...
Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major caus... more Background: Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the major cause of death in India and a major cause of death worldwide 1. It was thought previously to affect initially the higher income countries, but now CHD leads to more death in low- and middle-income countries such as India. Lifestyle modification is the main stay of treatment in preventing coronary heart disease. The intervention by pharmacists through pharmaceutical care program can be useful in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors such as increased blood pressure, high blood glucose, and high lipid levels 2-4. Objective: To study the impact of pharmaceutical care intervention on general cardiovascular risk and to assess 10-year cardiovascular risk using Framingham scoring method. Method: Hypertensive and diabetic patients (N = 104) aged >45 years of age were enrolled. Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients enrolled. The pharmacist‟s intervention included couns...
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