Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards
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2024
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Draganov, IvanaDrndarević, Aneta
Kovačević, Milena
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Miljković, Branislava
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Vuksanović, Miljanka
Janković, Aleksandar
Kalaba, Ana
Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra
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Drug-related hospitalizations pose a significant burden to the health-care system. The aim
was to investigate the prevalence of drug-related problems (DRPs) and their association with hospital
admissions in five internal medicine wards. The study included patients admitted to the nephrology,
cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and geriatric wards. The Pharmaceutical Care Network
Europe classification V9.1 was used for identifying DRPs. In total, 535 patients participated in the study.
We identified 954 DRPs (range 1-7) in 80.7% of patients. Most DRPs were identified on the endocrinology,
cardiology, and geriatric wards, and they were associated with the efficacy of treatment (71.4%), adverse
drug events (10.2%), and unnecessary drug treatment (18.4%). DRPs were associated with the cause of
hospitalization in 74.4% of patients on the nephrology ward, 60.1% and 60.6% of patients on the cardiology
and endocrinology wards, respectively, whereas this number was lower on th...e geriatric and gastroenterology
wards (26.9% and 8.9%, respectively). Suboptimal drug treatment due to medication omissions was often
associated with the potential cause of hospital admission. Focusing on patients with specific diseases and
DRPs, rather than reducing the number of medications in primary care, may be potentially rational in an
attempt to reduce drug-related hospitalizations.
Keywords:
drug-related problems / internal medicine / hospital admissionSource:
Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 2024, 81, 1, 145-154Publisher:
- Polish Pharmaceutical Society
Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200161 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Pharmacy) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200161)
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PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Draganov, Ivana AU - Drndarević, Aneta AU - Kovačević, Milena AU - Miljković, Branislava AU - Vuksanović, Miljanka AU - Janković, Aleksandar AU - Kalaba, Ana AU - Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra PY - 2024 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5604 AB - Drug-related hospitalizations pose a significant burden to the health-care system. The aim was to investigate the prevalence of drug-related problems (DRPs) and their association with hospital admissions in five internal medicine wards. The study included patients admitted to the nephrology, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and geriatric wards. The Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe classification V9.1 was used for identifying DRPs. In total, 535 patients participated in the study. We identified 954 DRPs (range 1-7) in 80.7% of patients. Most DRPs were identified on the endocrinology, cardiology, and geriatric wards, and they were associated with the efficacy of treatment (71.4%), adverse drug events (10.2%), and unnecessary drug treatment (18.4%). DRPs were associated with the cause of hospitalization in 74.4% of patients on the nephrology ward, 60.1% and 60.6% of patients on the cardiology and endocrinology wards, respectively, whereas this number was lower on the geriatric and gastroenterology wards (26.9% and 8.9%, respectively). Suboptimal drug treatment due to medication omissions was often associated with the potential cause of hospital admission. Focusing on patients with specific diseases and DRPs, rather than reducing the number of medications in primary care, may be potentially rational in an attempt to reduce drug-related hospitalizations. PB - Polish Pharmaceutical Society T2 - Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research T1 - Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards VL - 81 IS - 1 SP - 145 EP - 154 DO - 10.32383/appdr/182840 ER -
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Draganov, I., Drndarević, A., Kovačević, M., Miljković, B., Vuksanović, M., Janković, A., Kalaba, A.,& Vezmar-Kovačević, S.. (2024). Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards. in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research Polish Pharmaceutical Society., 81(1), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.32383/appdr/182840
Draganov I, Drndarević A, Kovačević M, Miljković B, Vuksanović M, Janković A, Kalaba A, Vezmar-Kovačević S. Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards. in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research. 2024;81(1):145-154. doi:10.32383/appdr/182840 .
Draganov, Ivana, Drndarević, Aneta, Kovačević, Milena, Miljković, Branislava, Vuksanović, Miljanka, Janković, Aleksandar, Kalaba, Ana, Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra, "Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards" in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 81, no. 1 (2024):145-154, https://doi.org/10.32383/appdr/182840 . .