Helmy, N., Kamal, A., Sadek, E., El minshawy, O., Wahsh, E. (2022). Role of clinical pharmacist in identification and resolution of drug-related problems in hemodialysis patients. test, 5(2), 96-100. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2022.119078.1148
Noha Hassan Helmy; Amal Kamal; Eman Mohamed Sadek; Osama El minshawy; Engy A. Wahsh. "Role of clinical pharmacist in identification and resolution of drug-related problems in hemodialysis patients". test, 5, 2, 2022, 96-100. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2022.119078.1148
Helmy, N., Kamal, A., Sadek, E., El minshawy, O., Wahsh, E. (2022). 'Role of clinical pharmacist in identification and resolution of drug-related problems in hemodialysis patients', test, 5(2), pp. 96-100. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2022.119078.1148
Helmy, N., Kamal, A., Sadek, E., El minshawy, O., Wahsh, E. Role of clinical pharmacist in identification and resolution of drug-related problems in hemodialysis patients. test, 2022; 5(2): 96-100. doi: 10.21608/jabps.2022.119078.1148

Role of clinical pharmacist in identification and resolution of drug-related problems in hemodialysis patients

Journal of Advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Article 5, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 96-100    PDF (283.35 K)
Document Type: Review Articles
DOI: 10.21608/jabps.2022.119078.1148
Authors
Noha Hassan Helmy* 1; Amal Kamal2; Eman Mohamed Sadek3; Osama El minshawy4; Engy A. Wahsh5
1department of clinical pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia university, Minia, Egypt
2Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia Egypt
3Clinical pharmacy department, faculty of pharmacy, minia university
4Faculty of Medicine, Minia university, Minia, Egypt
5Department of clinical pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October 6 university, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is kidney impairment signified by a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 60 mL/min/1.73m2 for 3 months or more. CKD can eventually lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD); representing the last stage of CKD when renal replacement therapy (RRT) becomes necessary. The prevalence of CKD and ESRD is increasing continuously due to the dramatic growth in the prevalence of two main causes of ESRD; diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension, hence, ESRD represents a global concern. There are three modalities of RRT available for ESRD patients: transplantation, hemodialysis (HD), and peritoneal dialysis (PD). Although transplantation is the best treatment as it improves patients’ quality of life and reduces expenses, HD represents the main modality of RRT for ESRD patients. As HD patients suffer many medical conditions, they are managed by different prescribers, an average HD patient is on 10-12 different medications per day, leading to higher exposure to drug-related problems (DRPs). Many studies worldwide estimated the rate of DRPs in HD patients to be high, studies identifying the rate and types of DRPs are to be found in the literature, but there is a scarcity of such studies regarding the Egyptian HD population.
Keywords
CKD; ESRD; HD; drug-related problems; medication-related problems
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