Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki

Universiti Teknologi MARA | UiTM · Department of Pharmacy Practice

Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Objective To investigate the prevalence of arterial thromboembolic (TE) complications including stroke, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and myocardial infarction (MI) and mortality among COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU at a single centre hospital in the area of Klang Valley, Malaysia....

Background: A common contributory factor to falls is the use of medicines, especially those commonly known as "fall-risk increasing drugs" (FRIDs). The use of FRIDs is common among older people (OP). However, OP and their family caregivers (FCGs) are largely unaware of FRIDs and their risks in increasing the risk of falls (ROF). Methods: A bookl...

preventive strategies among pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Method: The articles were retrieved from online databases PubMed and ScienceDirect published from February 2020 to April 2022. Findings: A total of 5249 participants including 5128 pregnant women and 121 placentas from 19 studies were identified for having TE complications after bei...

Falls and related injuries are major public health problems among older people (OP). The use of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) has been identified as a risk factor for falls, yet the use of the drugs among OP is common. Previous studies showed that OP have low awareness about FRIDs. Education materials (EMs) have the potential to be used to enh...

ABSTRACT Background: Fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) are medications that can increase the risk of falls (ROF) among older people (OP). However, OP were shown to have little knowledge or awareness about FRIDs. Additionally, education materials (EMs) on falls prevention infrequently cover topics on FRIDs. This study aims to assess the freely...

Background and purpose Pharmacists have been reported to have inadequate awareness about potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older people. This warrants more efforts to enhance their familiarity and knowledge in this topic. A board game was developed based on the 2019 American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria to assist pharmacist...

Background Age and multiple comorbidities have been reported to influence the case fatality rate of COVID-19 worldwide, so also in Malaysia; however, to date, no scientific study among the local population has been published to confirm this. This study aimed to determine the overall demographics and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 non-survivor...

Purpose: This study investigated the prevalence of mortality among COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at a single centre hospital in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. Be- sides, adverse clinical events (ACE) among COVID-19 patients ad- mitted to ICU who died and were alive were compared, and the factors associated with morta...

Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction The emerging complications of thromboembolism (TE) in COVID-19 patients have led to severe consequence such as death. Nonetheless, the prevalence of TE complications among COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Malaysia is unknown. Objective To investigate the pre...

In response to the inability to conduct conventional face-to-face objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) due to the COVID-19 lockdown, this study explored options to design virtual OSCE (vOSCE) that meets the objectives and standards of effective competency-based assessment for a large cohort of pharmacy students. The vOSCE required advan...

Vitamin K antagonist such as warfarin reduces the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. Since warfarin has a narrow therapeutic index, its administration needs to be regularly monitored to avoid any adverse clinical outcomes such as stroke and bleeding. The quality of anticoagulation control with warfarin therapy can be measured by u...

Introduction Medication-related hospital admission may lead to the development of harmful and unwanted side effects that increase the risk of mortality and morbidity. Multiple steps are being executed to overcome the medication errors and one of the strategies is through conducting the medication reconciliation process. This process involves creati...

Background The role of pharmacists in the healthcare system has evolved towards facilitating and providing patient‐centred care. Involving pharmacists in research is essential to the advancement of practice; however, at present, the level of involvement of pharmacists in research in Sabah, Malaysia, is low. Aim The aims of this study were to explo...

Implantation of permanent pacemaker (PPM) is a device treatment for various brady-arrhythmias. Several risk factors have been associated with infection of PPM implantation, including peri-procedure antibiotics use. The objective of this study is to determine the associated factors of PPM implantation infection. A retrospective case note review of a...

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a coordinated program involved in monitoring the appropriate use of antimicrobial therapy.Primarily, the goal of AMS is to optimise clinical outcomes while minimising the unintended consequences of antimicrobial use. This willindirectly reducing health care costs without adversely affecting the quality of care. In...