Peculiarities of pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic heart failure
Lopukhova, V.A.; Svetyĭ, L.I.; Gerasimov, V.B.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 84(10): 63-64
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 17201278 Document Number: 600679
A pharmacoepidemiological study of drug consumption was performed on 352 patients with III to IV NYHA functional class chronic heart failure (CHF) in different hospitals of Kursk region. The study found that only 51% of expenses related to pharmacological providence of CHF patients were associated with the drugs used directly for the treatment of CHF. Undesirable drug combinations are used more often in city hospitals and hospitals belonging to certain organizations than in the regional clinical hospital.