TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effect of Symptomatic Treatment Given to Patients Diagnosed with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Emergency Department to Prescription Drug Use
AB  - Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of symptomatic treatment administered in the emergency department on the purchasingbehavior for prescribed medicines among patients diagnosed with an emergency upper respiratory tract infection (URTI).Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted among patients admitted to the emergency department clinic of AtatürkUniversity in March 2016 who were discharged with a diagnosis of URTI. In total, 1,104 patients were included in the study. Using thepharmacy medulla system of the Turkish Social Security Institution, cases of patients taking prescriptions written to them were recorded. Dataentry and statistical analysis were performed using SPSS statistical data program.Results: A total of 1,104 patients were examined; of them, 553 received an intervention (50.09%), 543 (49.18%) received no intervention, andeight patients (0.72%) were identified as having missing data. It was determined that 336 (60.75%) of the patients receiving an interventionreceived a prescription written for them, whereas 207 (37.43%) did not.Conclusion: Patients who are discharged from the emergency service with a diagnosis of URI do not receive prescriptions that will help withtheir actual treatment if they received any interventional therapy on arrival.
AU  - kocak, abdullah osman
AU  - Akbaş, İlker
AU  - katipoglu, burak
AU  - BAYRAMOGLU, ATIF
AU  - calbay, ayca
AU  - SEVİL, Hülya
AU  - ünlü, alpaslan
DO  - 10.4274/eajem.galenos.2017.91885
PY  - 2020
JO  - Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 2149-5807
SP  - 210
EP  - 212
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/412360
ER  -