Volume 10, Issue 3

Shobha Rani.R. Hiremath

pp. 156 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.33 · 2017

Dear Readers, As of now medicines are being taken without regard of the time as there is not much awareness among the health care practitioners that time of drug administration in some of the drugs and diseases can make …

Purnima Ashok, Vijeesh Tholur Subramanian

pp. 157-159 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.34 · 2017

Rational drug use is an important factor to be checked for the optimal benefit of drug therapy in patient care.1 In India, many factors like illiteracy, poverty, use of multiple health care systems, drug advertising and …

Syed Zia Inamdar, Raghavendra Vinayakarao Kulkarni

pp. 160-165 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.35 · 2017

Background and Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus presents a challenge and continues to be a focus of medical care as population continues to age and live longer. The treatment approach in elderly and younger patients is in…

Anitha Nandagopal, Anupama Koneru, Anupama Koneru, Arifa Rahman, Md Khalid Pasha, Md Khaja Yaqub Ali

pp. 174-178 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.37 · 2017

Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescriptions are prominent prescribing issues among geriatric patients. Beer’s criteria, Drug-Drug interaction of common OTC drugs and WHO essential drug lists have been develo…

Tanviben G Chaudhari, Nirzarini N. Shah, Samir G. Bhavsar

pp. 179-186 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.38 · 2017

Objectives: To study analgesic effect of intracameral Lignocaine in Phacoemulsification under topical anaesthesia, and to report the effect of intracameral Lignocaine on maintenance of pupillary dilatation. Method: An ob…

Belsy Boban, Febitha Aboobacker, Nimsha Hussain, Dilip Chandrasekhar

pp. 187-193 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.39 · 2017

To explore the perception of nurses about the roles and responsibilities of Pharm D’s and Clinical Pharmacists, a study on perception of nurses was conducted in a tertiary care hospital of Northern Kerala, India. A total…

Chauhan Hetal, Rajvansh Kruti, Pandya Hiren

pp. 194-200 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.40 · 2017

Objective: To study various clinical presentations, laboratory parameters, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Methods: This study included 100 cases of newly dia…

Anushree Shrikant Deshpande, Mallappa Hanamantappa Shalavadi, Harshitkumar Bhupendrabhai Patel, Arvind Dayalbhai Vasoya, Rahul Kotwal, Chandrashekhar VM

pp. 201-206 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.41 · 2017

Background: Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. Rational use of antimalarial drugs reduces the development of drug resistance and cost of therapy. Hence, we sought to evaluate…

Padala Kalyani, Merugu Shravan Goud

pp. 207-215 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.42 · 2017

Background: Epilepsy may promote limitations and restrain activities, interfering with the occupational ability, professional goals and social integration of patients. It increases morbidity and symptomatic epilepsy redu…

Sophiya Thomas Varghese, Lekshmi Surendran, Chinnu Antony, Hemalatha Selvaraj, Emilda Varghese, Sheik Haja Sherief, Thangavel Sivakumar

pp. 216-221 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.43 · 2017

Introduction: The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a global threat. Now micro- organisms manage to overcome the antibiotics via various resistance mechanisms. This study was carried out to evaluate the appropriat…

Nama Ravi Sneha Keerthi, Neelathahalli Kasturirangan Meera

pp. 230-232 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.47 · 2017

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disorder associated with demyelinating polyneuropathy requiring early diagnosis and accurate treatment. From birth to 30 years, the annual incidence is fairly uniform at…

Sunitha Srinivas C, Shobha Rani RH

pp. 222 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.44 · 2017

As one of the lands of contrast, a key element of disparity is seen in the Indian health sector. While health outcomes improves on one side and a flourishing medical tourism with highly specialised professionals and exce…

Rajalakshmi Rukmangathen, Vasundara Devi Brahmanapalli, Meghana Devulapalli, Durga Prasad Thammisetty, Avanthi Bondalapati, Shabana Banu Shaik, Pavan Kumar Bathula

pp. 223-226 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.45 · 2017

Gynaecomastia in simple terms means development of breast in the males. This may be associated with various clinical conditions in men depending on the age at the time of diagnosis and may be due to intake of certain dru…

Syed Zia Inamdar, Rosy P Joseph, K Pradeepti, N Ashwini, Raghavendra V. Kulkarni

pp. 227-229 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.46 · 2017

Etoricoxib comes under the class Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). It is a selective Cyclooxygenenase-2 enzyme inhibitor which is used mainly for its analgesic effects. Although it is highly efficacious in …

Madhubala Balasubramanian, Indu Tharayappurath Haridas, B Jeyaganeshamoorthi, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar

pp. 233-235 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.3.48 · 2017

Introduction: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is a rare and severe infection caused by varizella zoster virus. Case: The present case describes the manifestations and treatment strategies followed for a 70- year-old woman who visit…