Clinical audit of pharmaceutical care provided by a clinical pharmacist in cardiology and infectious disease in-patients at the royal hospital, Muscat/Oman

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Al Salmi, Zaher ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PHARMACIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 84887816914     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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