Background: Therapy in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) often involves poly pharmacy and patients require close therapy
monitoring. When individualization of therapy is warranted, the role of pharmacist can prove to be the best in
achieving the therapeutic goals and improve the treatment outcomes of the patients. Method: A prospective,
observational study was carried out in the medical ICU of a tertiary care hospital for a period of three months.
Results: A total of 100 cardiovascular disease patient files were selected and data collected was analysed for
the drug therapy management. Medication prescribed was analysed using advance medication review. The mean
(SD) age was found to be 58.4 (10.4) years. 65% were male and 35% were female patients with a mean
(SD) of 13.49 (5.62) medicines administered per patient. A total of 174 drug related problems were identified
during the study period, which were classified into drug interactions 86% (p-value 0.953), untreated indications
23% (p-value 0.727), adverse drug reactions 22%, improper drug selection 18% (p-value 0.431), therapeutic
duplication 15% (p-value 0.431), patient in need of TDM 6% and drug without indication 4% (p-value 0.917).
Among 100 patients 77% patients received correct therapy. Conclusion: The study showed that medication
management of critically ill patients can decrease drug related problems in complex therapy as well improve the
therapeutic outcome of the treatment.