A Study of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions in Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India.

Dr. Vaibhav Singh Chauhan; Dr. Ashutosh Chourishi

Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2016

A Study of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions in Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India.

Dr. Vaibhav Singh Chauhan, Dr. Ashutosh Chourishi

Abstract :

<p>Adverse drug reactions have been reported to be a major cause of morbidity, hospital admission and even death. They have also been blamed for prolonged hospitalization. This study was carried out to monitoring, categorization and assessment of cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction in patients hospitalized / admitted at tertiary care hospital in Ujjain, M. P in the period of 1st November 2013 to 30th Sept 2014. All patients attending suspected CADRs following drug intake as well as those admitted with CADRs were evaluated during the study period. A total of 5678 cases were screened for CADRs out of which total 124 patients experienced different types of CADRs. The younger age group (21-40 years) was most affected by various types CADRs. Male were found to be more susceptible to CADRs in comparison to females. The commonest morphological type of CADRs was maculopapular rash followed by urticaria, hyperpigmentation and fixed drug eruption. Antimicrobials, NSAIDs and antivirals drugs, which accounted for maximum number of CADRs.</p>