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Christopher P Alderman

pp. 1-7 · 2009

In an evolutionary process that has spanned several pharmacy involved practitioners accepting 1 decades, many pharmacists in primary and secondary responsibility and accountability for their input into the 8 care setting…

Revikumar K.G, Mohanta. G.P, Veena R, Sonal Sekhar

pp. 8-17 · 2009

The concept of clinical pharmacy was introduced in pharmacy profession by the American Hospital pharmacists during the period 1920-1940, though the term 'clinical pharmacy' as such was not coined during those days. Clini…

Neelam Mahajan

pp. 18-20 · 2009

Chronic diseases have been reported to be leading cause of death in world. The WHO report had proposed the global goal to reduce the projected trend of chronic disease death rates by 2% by 2015. Various individual, insti…

Nitesh S Chauhan, Firdous F, R Raveendra, Geetha J, B Gopalakrishna, Roopa Karki

pp. 21-27 · 2009

Drug information centre refer to facility specially set aside for, and specializing in the provision of drug information & related issues. The purpose of drug information centre is to provide authentic individualized, ac…

Lincy Lal, Cijo George, Anitha Yesoda, Jayakumar B

pp. 28-35 · 2009

Even after 25 years of the first detection of AcquiredImmunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), it remains a major health care problem without any cure. Extensive research around the world and the subsequent introduction of high…

Bhupathy Alagiriswami, Madhan Ramesh, Gurumurthy Parthasarathi, Hatthur Basavanagowdappa

pp. 36-45 · 2009

This study was aimed to assess and quantify the pharmacist-initiated changes in drug therapy and its cost savings at a tertiary care South Indian Hospital. The medication details of all patients enrolled to the study was…

Divya Hariharaputhran, Sunitha C. Srinivas, Ramesh S. Billimaga, Ajai Kumar B.S

pp. 46-52 · 2009

Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO), a Comprehensive Cancer Center operating since 1989 has initiated Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (PTC) in 2007 as a forward looking step in promoting rational use of medicines. …

Imran Ahmad Khan, Shobha Rani. R.H, Geetha Subramanyam

pp. 53-61 · 2009

Both macrolides as well as cephalosporins are widely used in the treatment of various lower respiratory tract infections either alone or in combination. The most commonly prescribed macrolide is azithromycin, generally i…

Kuchake V.G, Maheshwari O.D, Surana S.J, Patil P.H, Dighore P.N

pp. 62-68 · 2009

Hypertension is not a disease but an important risk factor for cardiovascular complication. This type of medical audit and appropriate feedback on usage of antihypertensive medications may greatly assist the health care …

Dr. Shobha Rani R.Hiremath

pp. i-i · 2009

We are indeed very delighted at the warm and overwhelming response that we have received for our first issue of the journal. Thanks to all the authors for their contribution and reviewers for their timely co-operation. w…

Vishnu Bapat, Leena Alfred, Shobha Rani R.H, Pushpa. T. Ksheerasagar, Geetha Hegde, Soumya. K. Lund

pp. 69-74 · 2009

Vaginitis is a very common disease affecting millions of women each year with multifactorial etiology. If left untreated it can lead to various complications. Current medical therapy may temporarily reduce infection but …

Pandey Awanish, Tripathi Poonam, Pandey Rishabh Dev

pp. 75-80 · 2009

Geriatric patients may have medication-related risk factors only identified by home visits, but the extent to which thoserisk factors are associated with poor health outcomes remainsunclear. To observe the drug utilizati…

Lavanya S, Vijayan K, Abhay Dharamsi, Rajasekaran A, Vijayakumar A

pp. 81-84 · 2009

To report a case of central venous thrombosis following treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with L-asparaginase. A 13-year-old master presented with an acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with three episodes of…

Dr. Shobha Rani R Hiremath

pp. 85-88 · 2009

Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice (ijopp) is official journal of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, a quarterly publication is devoted to publishing reviews and…