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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3361</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13308</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Usage Pattern of Gastroprotective Agents Among Patients Prescribed with NSAIDS in Orthopedics Department&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Saldanha</surname><given-names>Lynel Venston</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>John</surname><given-names>Josina</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Abdul Javad</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shetty</surname><given-names>Siddarth M.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chand</surname><given-names>Sharad</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Joel</surname><given-names>Juno J</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>KC</surname><given-names>Bharath Raj</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>UP</surname><given-names>Nandakumar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>126</fpage><lpage>131</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Gastroprotective agents are prescribed in the department of orthopaedics to prevent and to treat gastric toxicity due to analgesics including NSAIDs. Objective: The present study aimed to analyze the prescribing pattern of gastroprotective agents among patients prescribed with NSAIDs in the department of orthopaedics and to identify the most common gastroprotective agent co-administered. The study also aims to estimate the average cost of gastroprotective agents. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted for six months among 370 inpatients of the orthopaedics department. Relevant details on the usage pattern of gastroprotective agents were collected from the case sheets of the patients and were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results: Out of 370 subjects enrolled, 257 (69.5%) were males and 113 (30.5%) were females. The most frequently prescribed single NSAID agent was diclofenac 82 (71.3%) and the fixed-dose combination was found to be diclofenac + chymotrypsin 88 (32.1%). Among the various proton pump inhibitors and H2 receptor antagonists prescribed, pantoprazole was found to be the most commonly prescribed agent 205 (61.4%), followed by rabeprazole 96 (28.7%). The average cost spent by a patient on the gastroprotective agent during their hospital stay was found to be 65.85__ampersandsignplusmn;52.45 INR. Conclusion: The present study concluded that the majority of patients were prescribed with gastroprotective agents along with NSAIDs. The present study provides an insight into various healthcare professionals on the importance of rational use of medications among subjects.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Gastroprotectives</kwd><kwd> NSAIDs</kwd><kwd> Pantoprazole</kwd><kwd> Prescribing pattern</kwd><kwd> Average cost</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
