A pharmacoepidemiological study of prescription pattern in outpatient clinics in Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1864-1870

  Irshaid, Yacoub M ^a   Al Homrany, Mohammed A ^a   Hamdi, Anwar A ^a   Adjepon Yamoah, Keneth K ^a   Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DICLOFENAC; EXPECTORANT AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IBUPROFEN; MINERAL; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLIC; COLITIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 13844267819     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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