Volume 10, Issue 1

Shaza Dawood Babakor, Majid Mohammed Al Ghamdi

pp. 91-97 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.21 · 2018

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and describe the pattern of OTC use among patients attending primary healthcare (PHC) centers, and to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding the related side effects. Method: …

Abdul Rahman Fata Nahas, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman

pp. 98-101 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.22 · 2018

Objective: In recent studies on the prescribing pattern of antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were the most prescribed antidepressants in many countries. Yet, little reports investigated dep…

Nabila Perveen, Naeem Hasan Khan, Azmi Sarrif

pp. 102-108 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.23 · 2018

Objective: To investigate the herbal drugs utilization by health care students at AIMST University, Kedah D.A., Malaysia. Method: Analysis was carried out by using a Software Package for Statistical Analysis, Version 20.…

Naveen Kumar, Vrunda Lothlikar, Bryal D’ Souza, Usha Rani, Swapna BV

pp. 109-112 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.24 · 2018

Aim: To analyse the costs and recommend rectification in functioning of CSSD for qualitative delivery of patient care. Objectives: Assess the effectiveness of sterilization procedures and calculate the cost of re-sterili…

Mohammed Helmy Faris Shalayel, Ietimad Abdelsalam Mohamed Ayed, Mohammed Ayed Huneif, Yousif Mohammed Kordofani

pp. 113-116 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.25 · 2018

Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADRs) have been found to be one of the most common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in many studies. There is no common globally accepted tool for causality grading of ADRs to be utilized …

Jigar P. Modi, Amita Kubavat, Shailesh Mundhava, Usha Lalwani

pp. 117-122 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.26 · 2018

Aims: To evaluate prescription pattern during second line Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at tertiary care hospital. Despite a very large number of patient being covered under ART, there are limited data in Indian populatio…

Manju V, Amrita Parida, Asha Hegde, Phalguna Kousikakatakam

pp. 123-125 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.27 · 2018

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the serious healthcare concerns of the world today. The only vaccine available for tuberculosis till date is the BCG vaccine. It is one of the safest vaccine and is less commonly asso…

Chandrasekar Keerthana, Balasubramanian Madhubala, Nanjan Loghraj, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar

pp. 126-128 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.28 · 2018

Objective: Patients receiving high doses of corticosteroids reported developing psychiatric disorders and rarely, Altered Mental Status (AMS) and disorientation is observed. Hence, corticosteroids administration should b…

Dhanya Susan, Malini M, Remya Reghu

pp. 129-130 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2018.10.29 · 2018

Sorafenib a multikinase inhibitor has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of thyroid, hepatocellular and renal cell carcinoma. Hand-foot syndrome / palmar – plantar erythrodysesthesia causes redness, swelling and …