Aim: There is a scarcity of data regarding gender and age related aspects of antiplatelet drugs utilization in the outpatient setting. Thus, the objective of the present study was to determine the age-and gender-related differences in the outpatient use of antiplatelet drugs in A...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1330588
Background: Thromboembolic diseases are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications are important therapies in the prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. There is a limited data about the pres...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1330580
Aim: There is evidence that health care providers have insufficient knowledge and poor practices regarding the use of surgical mask. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the knowledge, practices and attitude of healthcare providers about using face mask in order to limit the sp...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1330581
Aims: This study aims to review the efficacy of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) associated pneumonia. Methodology: This review includes searching Google scholar for publications about the use of hydroxychloroquinein the treatment of...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i930482
Aim: The present study was undertaken to identify the most common infectious agents for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in a military hospital in Alkharj – Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This study was conducted in a military hospital in Alkharj – Saudi Arabia. Identification of G...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i930478
Aim: The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence of bacterial pathogens isolated from patients in a military hospital in Alkharj. Methodology: This was a retrospective study conducted to describe the prevalence of bacterial pathogens in 2018. Clinical culture resu...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i930480
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the seasonal variations in dispensing antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting of a public hospital in Alkharj. Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted. The outpatient prescriptions in 2017 and 2018 wer...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i930476
Introduction: Several previous studies reported a high prescribing rate of cephalosporin antibiotics such as cefuroxime. The inappropriate outpatients prescribing of cefuroximeleads to the development of bacterial resistance. Aim: This study was conducted to demonstrate the presc...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830473
Aim: The study was conducted to demonstrate the pattern of ciprofloxacin prescribing at outpatient Setting in Al-kharj. Methodology: A retrospective study was conducted to demonstrate the pattern of ciprofloxacin prescribing. The Information was collected from electronic prescrip...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830471
Aims: This study aims to demonstrate the use of enoxaparin in obstetrics and gynecology department in Alkharj. Methodology: This is a retrospective study was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj city. The outpatient prescriptions were reviewed to evaluate the prescription pa...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830464
Aim: The present study aims to demonstrate the incidence of Candida species associated with infections in a Military hospital in Alkharj. Methodology: This is a retrospective study that was conducted to assess the prevalence of Candida species in a Military hospital in Alkharj –...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830465
Aim: Antibiotics save lives, but the excess use of antibiotics leads to more side effects. Patients benefit from medications but also complain about their adverse effects. This study aims to explore the reports of the adverse effects for the most commonly used antibiotics in Saud...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830467
Aim: This study aims to assess the public anxiety and stress during the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID‐19). Methodology: The survey was prepared using CDC “Daily Life & Coping with Coronavirus Disease 2019” section. The data were collected and analyzed using Excel softwar...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i730460
Introduction: Mood disorder is one of the most prevalent and the most disabling disorders that affect humankind health, so it is important to know its symptoms, how it is treated suitably and how it can be assessed. This study aims to assess the mood of the public. Methodology: T...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i730462
Aim: The prescribing pattern of furosemide helps the prescribers in the monitoring and evaluation of the drugs and helps them in recommending the necessary modifications. So the aim of the present study is to demonstrate the outpatient use of furosemide in a public hospital. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i730463
Introduction: Infections caused by Staphylococcus species can spread not only in hospitals but also in the community and in other healthcare institutions. These organisms were known for its capability to acquire resistance to various classes of antibiotics. Methods: The antibioti...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i730457
Aim: Poor adherence to antibiotics is common and related to poorer clinical outcomes such as increasing the bacterial resistance. To explore the rate of adherence to antibiotics and to know the reasons that lead to antibiotic non-adherence among the public. Methodology: This is a...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i730458
Introduction: In Saudi Food and Drug Authority, there is a center called National Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Center responsible for adverse events reporting. This study aims to demonstrate the antibiotic induced diarrhea reporting by National Pharmacovigilance and Drug Saf...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i530433
Aim: This study aims to illustrate the Prescribing Trends of Amlodipine in Outpatient Setting in Al-Kharj city. Methodology: This is a retrospective study that was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj city. The outpatient prescriptions were reviewed to evaluate the prescript...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i530431
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the trends in outpatient prescribing of clopidogrel in order to guide the physicians to appropriate clopidogrel prescribing practice in Alkharj. Methodology: This is a retrospective study that was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj city. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i530429
Aim: The aim of this study is to characterize the trends of metronidazole prescribing in outpatient setting in Alkharj. Methodology: This is a retrospective study includes evaluating outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from 01-01-2018 till 31-12-2018 in a public hospital Alkharj....
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i430421
Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the outpatient doxycycline therapy: Frequency of its use and its prescribing patterns in a public hospital. Methodology: This was a retrospective study which was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj City in 2018. The outpatient pres...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i430419
Background: The inappropriate use of antibiotics leads to many adverse effects and also leads to bacterial resistance. A hospital-based program, commonly referred to as antibiotic stewardship programs, is used to improve the usage of antibiotics. This study aims to explore the in...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i130388
Background: Community pharmacists help patients in making informed decisions about their treatment and prevent the problems that could be developed from self-medication. The maintenance therapy with inhaled medications is the keystone of pharmacotherapy in many respiratory diseas...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2019/v31i630345
Background: The use of herbal medicines and natural health products by the public is continuously being increased by the day. Community pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare providers, this necessitates that pharmacists should be aware of the appropriate use of herbal me...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2019/v31i630316
Introduction: Antibiotics are medications that are used to kill a bacterium which causes different infections. The misuse of these medications has contributed to the development of bacterial resistance. In order to predict the efficacy of the antimicrobial drugs and to guide anti...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2019/v31i530310
Introduction: Medication errors caused devastating consequences affecting both the healthcare system and the patient’s trust. Junior doctors, pharmacists, and nurses are prone to make these mistakes. Thus, this study served a purpose to evaluate the pharmacological knowledge of t...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i330414
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) imparts a substantial economic burden on an individual and society. Exacerbation of COPD (ECOPD) is the primary cost driver for this burden as it usually associated with hospital admissions of COPD patients. The present s...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i430426
Introduction: This study was designed to determine the out of pocket costs (OOPCs) of acute exacerbation of asthma (AEA) in asthma patients attending a public hospital. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done by interviewing the patients using the convenience sampling techn...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i430427
Introduction: The role of community pharmacists (CPs) has kept on changing. Due to the evolving role of CPs, it is important to know its impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among CPs. Besides, the literature on the HRQoL of CPs is not being enriched, there is an...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i430424
Aims: This study aimed to assess the current levels of job and workplace satisfaction among community pharmacists (CPs) and to explore the factors that can affect their job and workplace satisfaction. Methods: A self-administered research tool (questionnaire) was developed based...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i330416
Equilibrium sorption of the Thermally Treated Rice Husk (TTRH) for Sulfamethazine (SMT) adsorption was studied. The Physico-chemical properties of the modified rice husk were determined. The equilibrium sorption data were fitted into Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin–Radushkevich...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830475
Background: The main objective of this study was to determine and compare current drug-related knowledge and clinical skills in terms of medication error identification among future healthcare professionals. Methods: Study participants were asked to identify errors in three diffe...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i830469