Pharmacy practice in hospital settings in GCC countries: Pharmacists' medication therapy monitoring activities.

Purpose: Our study aims to provide an overview of medication therapy monitoring practices carried out by pharmacists in hospitals across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study of hospitals located in the GCC. Questions were adopted from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) national survey.

Pharmacy practice in hospital settings in GCC countries: Dispensing and administration.

Purpose: To outline dispensing and administration practices in hospital pharmacy across the Gulf Cooperation Councils (GCC) countries' hospitals. Paucity of data in appraising hospital pharmacy practice in GCC regions motivated us to conduct this study.

Methods: A modified survey questionnaire was prepared from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacist (ASHP) survey questions.

Pharmacy practice in hospital settings in GCC countries: Prescribing and transcribing.

Purpose: To outline hospital pharmacy practices across the Gulf Cooperation Councils (GCC) countries' hospitals.

Methods: A modified survey questionnaire was prepared from the original 2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacist (ASHP) survey questions. Survey details were discussed with some pharmacy directors for clarity and relevance.

The impact of perceived organizational support and resilience on pharmacists' engagement in their stressful and competitive workplaces in Saudi Arabia.

Background: In recent years, organizations around the globe have begun measuring the engagement level of employees in order to improve productivity and profitability. Employee engagement has the potential to significantly affect employee retention and loyalty.

Objective: To explore pharmacists' perceptions of the organizational support and impact of resilience and perceived organizational support on employee engagement in a stressful and competitive work environment.

Hospital pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia: Drug monitoring and patient education in the Riyadh region.

Background: The purpose of this national survey is to evaluate hospital pharmacy practice in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia. The results of the survey pertaining to the monitoring and patient education of the medication use process were presented.

Methods: We have invited pharmacy directors from all 48 hospitals in the Riyadh region to participate in a modified-American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey questionnaire.

Hospital pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia: Dispensing and administration in the Riyadh region.

Background: There is very little published data assessing hospital pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia. Hence, a comprehensive survey has been undertaken to evaluate hospital pharmacy services of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Recently, we published the survey results on the prescribing and transcribing steps of the medication use process.

Hospital pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia: Prescribing and transcribing in the Riyadh region.

Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to outline pharmacy services in hospitals on a regional level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A modified-American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey questionnaire as pertinent to Saudi Arabia was used to conduct a national survey. After discussing with the pharmacy directors of 48 hospitals in the Riyadh region over the phone on the survey's purpose, the questionnaires were personally delivered and collected upon completion.

Prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications among the elderly population in an ambulatory care setting in a Saudi military hospital: trend and cost.

Aim: To explore the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in the elderly, to identify the trends and the patterns of prescribing such medication, and to calculate the associated direct medication cost of such practice in a Saudi hospital.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients who were aged 65 years or older on at least one PIM. The source of our data was outpatient pharmacy prescription records at Riyadh Military Hospital (RMH) for 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Sickle cell disease subphenotypes in patients from Southwestern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in the Eastern and Southwestern (SW) Provinces of Saudi Arabia. We studied 159 patients with SCD to better characterize its phenotype in the SW Province, where patients usually have a HBB haplotype of African origin. All cases had history and examination, chart review, and laboratory testing.

The burden of ischemic heart disease at a major cardiac center in Central Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To estimate the direct medical costs associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD) at Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (PSCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This is a prevalence-based prospective observational cost of illness study conducted in PSCC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between April and June 2009. All patients diagnosed or suspected of having IHD at admission were included.

The role of pharmacoeconomics in formulary decision making in different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To assess the trend of using pharmacoeconomic information by Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committees when making formulary decisions.

Design: A cross-sectional study conducted in 2007, using structured survey questionnaires which were distributed to members of the P&T committees in 11 different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Results: A total of 100 survey questionnaires were sent to head of pharmacy departments of 11 different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Pattern of intravenous proton pump inhibitors use in ICU and Non-ICU setting: a prospective observational study.

Background/aim: The use of intravenous acid-suppressive therapy for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients with specific risk factors has been recommended for over a decade. However, there is a lack of supporting data regarding the extension of such therapy to non-critically ill patients (non-ICU). The aim of this study was to compare appropriate indications with current practicing patterns in adult non-ICU and ICU patients, contributing factors and financial impact of inappropriate use.

Evaluation of drug and poison information center in Saudi Arabia during the period 2000-2002.

Objective: To evaluate the profile of the requestors, the number and content of questions which were received during the period of May 2000 - December 2002.

Methods: A total of 1967 requests were evaluated. The questions were sorted according to source of callers, caller identification, the content of the questions, search data and time required to answer the questions.