Incidence of polypharmacy among emergency patients at a tertiary care hospital in karachi: an ignored paradigm for quality drug therapy

• In: Posters: Pharmacy Information Section
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-PIS008
• By: KHURSHEED, Munawar (Aga Khan University Hospital, Emergency Medicine, Karachi, Pakistan)
• Co-author(s): Mujeeb, Rakshinda (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan)
  Perveen, Feroza (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan)
  Feroze, Asher (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan)
  
• Abstract:

  INTRODUCTION: A prescription containing five or more drugs is likely to result in adverse consequences that may involve hospital admission or falls. Increasing incidence of Polypharmacy among Emergency patients (EP) calls for a more judiciary and cautious approach to prescribing with a focus on long term as well as short term health.
  OBJECTIVE: To ..

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