Background: There was paucity of data on the magnitude of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) among Ethiopian elderly cardiovascular patients. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess inappropriate ...

Abstract Introduction: Drug related hospital admission is a hospitalization due to one of the drug related problems; which is an event involving drug therapy that actually or potentially interferes with the desired ...

Abstract Background: Previous studies have suggested that the lipid-lowering agents, statins, can improve blood pressure control in hypertensive patients. But so far no study had investigated statins association with ...

Abstract Background: Medication related burden is the overall workload imposed on the patients resulting from all aspects of utilizing healthcare. It can lead to non-adherence and poor clinical outcomes, as well as ...

Abstract Background: Venous thromboembolism includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. It is the 3 rd leading cause of death from cardiovascular causes after myocardial infarction and stroke. There is established ...

Abstract Introduction: The toxicity of the therapeutic regimen, treatment failure, and resistance to existing HIV medications becomes a challenge in resource-limited settings. To tackle this dolutegravir-based regimen has ...

Background: Hyperglycemic emergency is a serious acute complication of diabetes mellitus, and its health and economic impacts are high among adult diabetic patients. On the other hand, delayed achievement of optimal glycemic ...

Background: Since pharmacies are becoming more aware of the value of developing integrated relationships with both suppliers and customers, supply chain management (SCM) has become a problem for many retail pharmacies. Objective: ...

Background: Childhood nephrotic syndrome is a common glomerular illness in children with a high relapsing rate, which increases complications and the cost of treatment. In Ethiopia, there is limited data to assess the ...