A case report on Chronic Kidney Disease and Role of Clinical Pharmacist
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease also called chronic renal failure is most commonly seen in the patients of hypertension and diabetes
Case Report
A female patient of age 60 yrs was admitted in a multispecialty hospital located in Warangal ,with the complaints of SOB, confusion, fever Since 3dys ,she had a past medical history of HTN.
Discussion :
Patient’s data was collected in a profile form and the details were saved confidentially .the patient was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease with HTN and the treatment was given.
Conclusion :
the patient was given a complete course and was given counselling for chronic kidney disease and the problem got resolved , hereby it shows the need of pharmacist in the area of patient care and quality treatment in the present scenario to expect quality of life.
References
Gunar Stemer and Lemmens-Gruber R. (2011); Clinical pharmacy activities in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease patients: a systematic literature review; BMC Nephrology; 12; 35
Roger Walker, and Cate Whittlesea (2012); Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 5th Edition; Churchill Livingstone; London.

