Article ID: 2019.0024
Analyzed the contents of pharmacological interventions of visiting medicine management guidance work done by Toyooka hospital pharmacists, analyzed contents of visiting medicine management guidance work and examined its usefulness. During the period from April 2011 to March, we investigated the content of request for home guidance, content of prescription proposal, effect, and adverse event for 65 patients who conducted home guidance at our hospital. In the intervention request, 43 cases (66.1%) requested relief of symptoms due to cancer were the most frequent cases, and cases supporting end-of-life cancer patients at home with cancer were the most frequent cases. We also checked cases that corresponded with hospital specialists and teams. The total number of prescription proposals was 429, and 340 cases (79.3%) of them were reflected in the prescription. The breakdown of pharmacological intervention was that 117 cases (27.3%) supported the prescription design of medical narcotics, followed by 92 cases (21.4%) of symptomatic medicines other than opioid drugs, supporting home palliative care Most cases involved intervention to do. In 32 cases (49.2%) had Relaxation of physical symptoms improved by intervention by pharmacists. The home guidance conducted by a hospital pharmacist was suggested to be able to do a rapid and stepped pharmacological assessment through smooth collaboration with the hospital team and improve QOL.
