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Identification Of Factors Affecting Clinical Management And The Outcomes In Patients With Guillain Barre Syndrome, Vijaynarayana Kunhikatta Dr
Identification Of Factors Affecting Clinical Management And The Outcomes In Patients With Guillain Barre Syndrome, Vijaynarayana Kunhikatta Dr
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Theses and Dissertations
Introduction: Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of its peripheral nervous system resulting in limb and cranial nerve weakness often with respiratory compromise and limitation on physical function. The worldwide incidence of GBS ranges from 0.81 to 1.89 cases per 100000 person-years. Various factors such as age, symptoms and disease form that influence the outcome of GBS have been previously studied. This study seeks the additional fundamental knowledge of the factors affecting clinical management and the outcome in patients with GBS. Objective: To identify factors affecting clinical management …
Retrospective Study To Evaluate Prescription Pattern And Cost Of Illness In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis In A Tertiary Care Hospital Setting, Rajesh V Dr
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Theses and Dissertations
Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease associated with poor quality of life of patients, lifelong dependency on medications and long-term disease suffering which leads to both physical and financial disability in terms of cost. RA flare and complications lead to hospitalization and demand in-patient care and these costs impose a significant burden on the patients especially those from a poor socioeconomic background in a developing society like India where the country reserves only 1.4% of the income for healthcare. Objective: The objective of this study is to find the cost of illness associated with hospitalized patients suffering from …
Drug Utilization Review Of Anticancer Drugs With Otherdrugs In Breast Cancer Patients, Mahadev Rao Dr
Drug Utilization Review Of Anticancer Drugs With Otherdrugs In Breast Cancer Patients, Mahadev Rao Dr
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Theses and Dissertations
Background: To study the prescribing pattern of chemotherapeutic drugs in Breast Cancer patients and to survey the prevalence of exigent drug-drug interactions (DDIs) between chemotherapeutic drugs and non-chemotherapeutic drugs and evaluate the risk factors associated with these drug-drug interactions in India. Methods: All discharged patients’ data in the Department of Oncology were collected from September 2019 to March 2020 with the help of Hospital Information System and inpatient file of the breast cancer patients collected from the Medical Records Department. Drugs were screened for interactions by Micromedex solutions database and Epocrates database. Descriptive statistics were generated and was used to …