Abstract

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG PRESCRIPTION IN ADMITTED PATIENT IN MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr. Asha Pathak*, Dr. Arvind Maurya, Pankha Chaudhary, Dr. Atul Jain, Dr. Seema Dayal and 6Dr. Neeraj Rajdaan

Abstract

The current study aimed to know the prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs in various age group of hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital of western U.P. Data were obtained from a prospective series of 526 patients of either sex by taking history and treatment files of admitted patients in medicine department, in which only 108 patient having hypertension. The collected data were analyzed for demographic profiles and prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs in patients of hypertension and with other diseases with hypertension. The results were analyzed and tabulated statistically. P value

Keywords: pattern is according to JNC guidelines. The study revealed that the prescription of anti-hypertensive medication is according to JNC guidelines.