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TITLE:

PHARMACEUTICAL CARE ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

AUTHORS:

Dr Saima Noreen, Dr Saher Naeem, Dr Haseeb Ishrat

ABSTRACT:

Pharmaceutical care provided by clinical pharmacists is defined as “the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life”. The basic aim of the study is to find the pharmaceutical care on clinical outcomes among hemodialysis patients. This cross sectional study was conducted at Bahawal Victoria hospital, Bahawalpur during March 2019 to February 2020. The PC accentuates the motivation and patient education regarding the knowledge about the drugs, disease, lifestyle modifications, nutritional information, personal interview, and medication review. A total number of 100 patients were recruited during the study. The baseline outcomes such as IDW, Hb levels, BP and medication adherence rate scores have not been significantly differ. The changes in the outcomes of IDW, Hb levels, BP, and medication adherence rate scores at different time intervals are given in the tables of the academic hospital, government hospital and corporate hospital data respectively in table 02. It is concluded that extra pharmaceutical care provided by pharmacist to HD patients can improve the overall clinical outcomes, such as the levels of FBG, HbA1c, TC, the target attainment rates of HbA1c and BP, and also medication adherences, which contribute greatly to therapeutic effect.

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