Key result
Furosemide accounts for ~46% of outpatient diuretic prescriptions, predominantly among women over 39.
Why the study?
Understanding furosemide prescribing patterns helps prescribers monitor, evaluate, and recommend necessary medication modifications.
What are the prescription patterns of furosemide in an outpatient setting in a public hospital?
Observational
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What are the prescription patterns of furosemide in an outpatient setting in a public hospital?
Furosemide accounts for nearly half of outpatient diuretic prescriptions in this setting, primarily prescribed by cardiology residents to older female patients.
Furosemide predominates outpatient diuretic prescriptions in older females; leaves open questions on appropriateness and generalizability beyond this single-center cohort.
Aim: The prescribing pattern of furosemide helps the prescribers in the monitoring and evaluation of the drugs and helps them in recommending the necessary modifications. So the aim of the present study is to demonstrate the outpatient use of furosemide in a public hospital. Methodology: This is a retrospective study was conducted in a public hospital in Alkharj city. The outpatient prescriptions were reviewed to demonstrate the prescription patterns of furosemide. The study included all outpatient prescriptions that contains furosemide in 2018. Results: Furosemide was prescribed in 46.27% of diuretics prescriptions in the outpatient setting. The majority of the patients were female patients. Most of the patients were more than 39 years old. Most of the furosemide prescriptions were prescribed mainly by resident prescribers, mainly in the cardiology department. Conclusion: Furosemide is an important medication for treating cardiovascular diseases specially in the presence of edema. It is important to increase the awareness of health care professionals and patients regarding the use of furosemide. Moreover, it is important to increase the awareness of the public regarding the importance of adherence to furosemide.
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Nehad J. Ahmed (2020) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular diseases / Edema. Furosemide was evaluated on Proportion of furosemide prescriptions among all diuretic prescriptions. Furosemide accounted for 46.27% of all diuretic prescriptions in the outpatient setting, and was predominantly prescribed to female patients over 39 years of age.
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