Abstract
The Pharmaceutical Journal of Sri Lanka is the official scientific publication of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka. Authors are invited to submit articles throughout the year, and if accepted after a blinded peer review process, will be published online in one of the two issues published each year. The journal including both issues will be printed only once a year. The Pharmaceutical Journal of Sri Lanka aims at providing an avenue for publications by pharmacy undergraduates, university academics, pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientist of Sri Lanka and the South Asian region. The journal accepts original research work either as a full research paper or as a short communication, review, brief report, special communication, commentary, case study and other categories of articles related to pharmaceutical sciences. Articles are accepted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere.
Highlights
Rational use of medicine (RUM) is defined as “patients receiving medications appropriate to their needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost to them and their community”.(1) Recognising that the children are not small adults, the World Health Organisation (WHO) further clarified in 2010 that “the ideal children’s medicine is one that suits the age, physiological condition, and bodyweight of the child taking them, and is available in a flexible solid oral dosage form.[2]Prescribers face many unique challenges in rational prescribing of medicines to children.[3]
The objective of this paper is to describe the prescribing practice of oral dosage forms (ODFs) of medicines in a cohort of children treated in a tertiary healthcare facility using the recently developed and published indicators.[5]
Out of 627 medicines prescribed in the clinic to 253 children, 600 were ODFs (95.7%, 95% CI: 93.8%-97.1%), and out of 655 medicines prescribed to 252 children in the outpatient department (OPD), 600 were ODFs (91.6%, 95% CI: 89.2%-93.6%)
Summary
This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. As a first step in describing the rational use of oral dosage form of medicines in children, we developed indicators using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method.[5]. The objective of this paper is to describe the prescribing practice of oral dosage forms (ODFs) of medicines in a cohort of children treated in a tertiary healthcare facility using the recently developed and published indicators.[5]
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