TO STUDY THE USE OF GUIDELINES IN STATINS PRESCRIPTION AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF NORTH INDIA

Authors

  • Shilpa Atwal Junior Resident, PGIMER, Chandigarh
  • Jitender Thakur Senior Resident, SLBS Medical College, Ner Chowk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i1.2394

Keywords:

Statin, Guideline, Use

Abstract

Background: To study the use of guidelines in statins prescription at tertiary care centre of North India

Methods: Study was conducted on Patients with indications for statins presenting to cardiology OPD,Medicine OPD and Endocrinology OPD and started on statins at PGIMER, Chandigarh, within a period of 9 months.

Results: In our study, 81.9% of total study population were receiving statins according to guideline and 18.1% were receiving statins not according to guideline. In the primary prevention group,91(83.5%) patients were receiving statins according to guideline and 18(16.5%) were receiving not according to guideline. In the secondary prevention group, 108(80.6%) patients were receiving statins according to guideline and 26(19.4%) patients were receiving statins not according to guideline.

Concluded: In our study, more than two third of patients in our study were receiving prescriptions according to guideline

Keywords: Statin, Guideline, Use

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Published

2022-01-16

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Atwal, S. ., & Thakur, J. . (2022). TO STUDY THE USE OF GUIDELINES IN STATINS PRESCRIPTION AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF NORTH INDIA. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v6i1.2394

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022)

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