Drug-related problem and its predictors among pediatric patients with infectious diseases admitted to Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: Prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-related problem is any event involving drug therapy that may interfere in a patient's desired clinical outcome. It has been pointed out that hospitalized pediatric patients are particularly prone to drug-related problems. Thus, this study aimed to assess drug-related problems and its predictors among pediatric patients diagnosed with infectious diseases admitted to Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia.

Methodology

A prospective observational study was conducted among pediatric patients with infectious diseases admitted to the Jimma University Medical Center. Drug-related problems were classified based on Cipolle, Morley, and Strand's drug-related problems classification method. The patient's specific data were collected using a structured quest

SUBMITTER: Feyissa Mechessa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675898 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature