Geriatric prescribing in the medical wards of a teaching hospital in Nepal

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 417-421

  Joshi, Mohan P ^a   Sugimoto, Takao ^a   Santoso, Budiono ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Ciprofloxacin; Drug interaction; Geriatric prescribing; Injection; Nepal; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSION FLUID; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031470220     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199711/12)6:6<417::AID-PDS279>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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