Volume : 08, Issue : 09, September – 2021
Title:
15.A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON DRUG UTILIZATION OF ANTI-DIABETICS IN GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, VIJAYAWADA
Authors :
Vishnu Priya Paladugu*, Sreenu Thalla, Padmalatha Kantamneni
Abstract :
Diabetes Mellitus refers to group of diseases that affect how body uses blood sugar(glucose). Glucose is vital for health because it’s an important source of energy for the cells that make up muscles and tissues. Anti-Diabetic Therapy is to return blood sugar to a safe threshold and reduce the risk of complications such as Heart attacks and stroke, Neuropathy, Nephropathy, Retinopathy and Vision loss, Hearing loss, Foot damage, Depression etc. The classification include: For TYPE-1 Diabetes Insulin is given and for TYPE-2 Diabetes drugs are classified into different types Sulfonylureas, Biguanides, Meglitinides, Thiazolidine diones, Alpha glucosidase inhibitors, Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP4), Glucagon like peptide (GLP-I). The World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown that about 79.4 million people in the world are likely to suffer from diabetes mellitus by 2030. This is the prospective observational study and was conducted in the government general hospital, Vijayawada. The study period is about 4months ie, September to December2019. All the prescriptions of OP, IP departments and Diabetic camp were included. The use of Antidiabetics in the teritiary care hospital was found to be more and in department of Outpatient was found to be 195788, Inpatient department found to be 26,636 and in diabetic camp found to be 338222. diabetic camp consumption of antidiabetic drugs was found to be more than the Inpatient and Outpatient Departments.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Antidiabetic drugs, Drug Utilization, In-patient, Out-patient, Diabetic camp.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Vishnu Priya Paladugu et al, A Prospective Observational Study On Drug Utilization Of Anti-Diabetics In Government General Hospital, Vijayawada.,Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2021; 08(9).
Number of Downloads : 10
References:
1. World Health Organization. Diabetes fact sheet. 2008. [Last Accessed on 2008 Dec 17]. Available from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/
2. Trplitt LC, Reasner AC, Isley LW, DiPiro JT, Talbert RL. Diabetes mellitus. In: Dipiro JT, Talbert RC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Rosey LM, editors. Pharmacotherapy a pathophysiologic approach. 7th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2005. pp. 1333–67. [Google Scholar]
3. Zimmet P, Alberti KG, Shaw J. Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic. Nature. 2001;414:782–7. [PubMed] [Google Scholar].
4. King, H., Aubert, R & Herman, W. Global burden of diabetes, 1995 – 2025. Prevalence, numerical estimates and projections. Diabetes Care 21.1414 – 1431 (1998).
5. American Diabetes Association. Economic Consequences of diabetes mellitus in the U.S. in 1997. Diabetes Care 21, 296 – 309 (1998).
6. Joseph, K. & Kramer, M. Review of the evidence on fetal and early childhood antecedents of adult chronic disease. Epidemiol. Rev. 18, 158 – 174 (1996).
7. de Courten, M., Bennett, P. H., Tuomilehto, J. & Zimmet, P. in International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus 2nd edn (eds Alberti, K. G. M. M., Zimmet, P., DeFronzo, R. A. & Keen, H.) 143 – 170 (Wiley chichester, 1997).
8. Kitagawa, T., Owada, M., Urakami, T. & Yamanchi, K. Increased incidence of non – insulin dependent diabetes mellitus among Japanese school children correlates with an increased intake of animal protein and fat. Clin. Pediatr.37, 111 – 116 (1998).
9. Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta – analysis of 102 prospective studies.Emerging Risk Factors collaboration. Sarwar N, Gao P, Seshasai SR, Gobin R, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio et al. Lancet. 2010; 26;375:2215 – 2222.
10. 2014 USRDS annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United states. United States Renal Data System. National Institues of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 2014:188 – 210.
11. Upadhyay DK, Palajan S, Ravi Shankar P, et al. Prescribing Pattern In Diabetic Outpatients In A Teritiary Care Teaching Hospital In Nepal, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2007:3;248 – 55.