Volume 5, Issue 2

Shobha Rani R Hiremath

pp. 1-1 · 2012

Dear Readers, Greetings from the team of ijopp! The diversity in medical practice due to the availability of different treatment options for a disease condition is certainly a matter of concern. In such a scenario, there…

Patel P, Chang J, Srivastava J, Patel I, Balkrishnan R

pp. 2-6 · 2012

India has seen unprecedented growth in its economy in the past ten years. At the same time, India now carries 1/6 of the world's population and carries a large portion of the world's poor. The Millennium Development Goal…

Mahendra Kumar BJ, Ganachari MS, Rao GVS, Shilpa SVK, Sowmya M, Kumaraswamy M

pp. 7-10 · 2012

Virtually in every home, different age group (children, adults and geriatric) populations stay together. You never know when and how illnesses and accidents happen at home. Only a few simple remedies are found in a secur…

Bijoy C V, Feba B, Vikas R C, Dhandapani C, Geetha K, Vijayakumar A

pp. 11-15 · 2012

Diabetic foot is a chronic complication as a result of poor diabetic control measures. Foot complications in diabetes are one of the main reasons for leg or toe amputation. The education of patient is extremely important…

Ponni J, Acthyuth KY, Mohanta G P, Kabalimurthy J

pp. 16-22 · 2012

Fluid and electrolyte management is the critical factor and integral part of the care for surgical patients post operatively, reducing morbidity and mortality. The present aim of the study was to assess the electrolyte l…

Ravinandan A.P, Ramesh A

pp. 23-27 · 2012

Each year, drug regulatory authority permits pharmaceutical companies to market hundreds of new medicines. During clinical trials, due to less number of study subjects, only commonly observed adverse drug reactions (ADRs…

Dilip C, Lisa M M, Saraswathi. R, Divya R

pp. 28-32 · 2012

This was a prospective spontaneous reporting study conducted for a period of one year, to assess the Causality, level of severity, predictability, and preventability of reported ADRs in tertiary level referral hospital. …

Radhika. N, Anoop. P, Praveen Kumar NVRT, Sarvana KRT, Madhusudhan S, Mohanta GP, Manna PK

pp. 33-37 · 2012

The Quality of Life (QoL), representing a patient-aimed end point in treatment, it has been increasingly emphasized in new heart failure therapies and non – pharmacological therapy. The measurement of QoL depends on the …

Sreelalitha N, Vigneshwaran E, Narayana G, Padmanabha RY, Ramakesava R M

pp. 38-43 · 2012

Objective: To identify infusion related reactions (IRRs) of medications. To establish the causality relationship between the drug and IRRs and to assess the severity of IRRs. Methodology: The required data were collected…

Prajapati VI, Yadav AK

pp. 44-48 · 2012

Objective: The present study was undertaken with the aim to study the drug use pattern in ophthalmology out-patient department and to evaluate the drug use for rationality with the help of WHO core drug prescribing indic…

Nimmy N.J, Aneesh P.M, Narmadha M.P, Udupi R.H, Binu K.M

pp. 49-52 · 2012

Introduction: Thyroid disorders are among the most common endocrine disorders in India. The prevalence and pattern of the thyroid disorders depends on age, sex, geographical factors, food habits and on iodine intake. Aim…

Veera R. B, Alekhya. K, Kavitha. D, Annapurna. A

pp. 53-56 · 2012

The incidence of diabetes is continuously increasing worldwide. Pre-diabetes (defined as impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose or both) represents an intermediate state, which often to overt diabetes withi…

Gupta G, Tiwari P, Ahlawat R

pp. 57-58 · 2012

A6-year old male child presented with fever for 4 days and he had received nimesulide (without prescription) for 4 days before coming to doctor. On examination, the patient was found to have jaundice and haematuria. The …

Loganathan N, Sujithkumar S, Bhuvaneswari K, Thiagarajan V K

pp. 59-60 · 2012

Carbamazepine is used in the treatment of simple partial, complex partial and in generalized tonic clonic seizures. It is also used in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and in manic depressive illness. Erythromycin i…

Shobha Rani R Hiremath

pp. 61-64 · 2012

Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice (ijopp) is official journal of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, a quarterly publication is devoted to publishing reviews and…