TY  - 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  - 

@article{
author = "Draganov, Ivana and Drndarević, Aneta and Kovačević, Milena and Miljković, Branislava and Vuksanović, Miljanka and Janković, Aleksandar and Kalaba, Ana and Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra",
year = "2024",
abstract = "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.",
publisher = "Polish Pharmaceutical Society",
journal = "Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research",
title = "Drug-Related Problems Prior to Hospitalization on Internal Medicine Wards",
volume = "81",
number = "1",
pages = "145-154",
doi = "10.32383/appdr/182840"
}

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 . .