1. Public Health Service Needs of Pharmacy Customers
Narangerel B ; Erdenekhuu N ; Purevsuren S
Innovation 2016;10(1):30-34
Although all the pharmacy programs (1 public and 2 private) in Mongolia comply with the national standard for pharmacy higher education D 723400 (MNS 5323-126: 2012), competence based learning has not been introduced yet. Also, pharmaceutical public health service needs have not been assessed in community pharmacies of Mongolia. Our goal was to assess the learning needs of pharmacists’ public health competencies and link pharmacy education with the health needs of populations.This cross-sectional, in-pharmacy survey was conducted in a simple random sample of community pharmacies in 6 districts of Ulaanbaatar city central region, which provide price discount on selected drugs through national health insurance. The survey was developed with evidence for reliability and validity and focused on two main needs assessment: pharmaceutical public health (PPH) serviceprovision and PPH competencies learning. Open ended and 3 point scale (1=great benefit; 2=some benefit; 3=no benefit) questions were used to obtain: general information, public health service knowledge, and needs of learning PPH competencies. Descriptive statistics and comparisons using STATA 13 were performed.A total of 248 surveys were obtained (pharmacists n=82; customers n=166). Pharmacist knowledge/skills greatly impacted the public’s decision to use expanded services. The customers reported high levels (75.3%) of needs with pharmacists providing advice on health promotion and healthy life style. 47.6% of the pharmacists replied having knowledge on health promotion and disease prevention is a great benefit to their practice.Our findings indicate that the public is very interested in pharmaceutical public health services and believe they will benefit. Also pharmacists need to be trained ecessary competencies.
2.The study of plants and minerals with wound-healing activities
Erdenetuya O ; Munkhjargal N ; Battulga G ; Davaasambuu T ; Narangerel B ; Hurelbaatar L
Mongolian Medical Sciences 2012;162(4):91-97
BackgroundThe works done during the research include: conducting photochemical study on the surface of the piece of land on which the medicinal herbs chosen as samples for the research grow; extracting dry infusion from plants; identifying main substance and antibacterial activity of dry infusion; conducting pilot pharmacological experiment with mineral samples.GoalBased on the results of these experiments, we aimed at finding out wound healing functions of Chelidonium majus. L, Stellerae chamaejasme.L etc, widely used in both conventional and modern medicine as well as of such minerals as Sinder, Zeolite, Tormohon, Baragshun after selecting from them.Materials and MethodsAlkaloid, a biologically active substance found in surface of plant land and dry infusion, was determined by titration method, alkaloids such as protopine and berberine by high performance liquid chromatography, coumarin and flavonoid by spectrophotometric method, the amount of infusible substance by scale method. The methodologies of Gatsura.N and Avtandilov.G.G were adopted to make artificial wound on skin and to heal a wound respectively.ResultsAs the research result shows, the surface of the area where Stellerae chamaejasme.L grow, contains 0.33% ±0.004 total coumarin, 0.19 % ±0.002 flavonoid and 37.14 % ±0.61 infusible substance while that of Chelidonium majus.L contains 0.19% ±0.003 total alkaloid, 0.12 % ±0.004 flavonoid, 0.09 % ±0.002 coumarin and 36.27%±0.74 infusible substance. After the infusion was extracted from Stellerae chamaejasme.L and Chelidonium majus.L through method of percolation with mixer, there were 16% and 14.5% dry substance remained in the infusions respectively. These figures were reduced to 12.6% and 11.4% after freezing them in -500C for 72 hours in dry freezing. The fact that total coumarin contained in dry infusion of Stellerae chamaejasme.L is 2.95% and protopine and berberine in that of Chelidonium majus.L, is 28 мг,% and 3.7 мг,% respectively meets the requirements for medicinal plant extracts. It was found during the pharmacological experiment of preparing 25% oil ointment composed of minerals including Sinder, Tormohon, Zeolite, Baragshun that zeolite was the highest effective mineral in healing a wound by wound index. Therefore, we chose zeolite as an ingredient of the wound ointment. Oil ointments of 6 variations with 5% and 10% content were prepared from the dry infusion as well as minerals of the study plants, and pilot pharmacological experiment was conducted on an experimental mouse that had an artificial wound. The result of the experiment proved that oil ointments with 5% content of Stellerae chamaejasme.L, Chelidonium majus.L and zeolite were more effective in healing the wound than others.ConclusionBy photochemical analysis, the chosen plants proved to be meeting the requirements for medicinal plants. Pilot pharmacological experiment showed that zeolite was the one that accelerated a wound healing process more efficiently than others. Oil ointments with 5% content of dry infusion and 5% of zeolite were effective in healing a wound quickly.
3.The evaluation of the WOI by using ER, PR, Ki67 proliferation index in thin endometrium patients
Narangerel N ; Munkhtsetseg D ; Yanjinsuren D ; Bum Chae Choi
Mongolian Medical Sciences 2024;207(1):15-19
Introduction:
The endometrium is to receive the embryo and endometrial receptivity predicts successful implantation
during window of implantation (WOI). During implantation and pregnancy ER,PR,Ki67 significant
controllers of endometrial decidualization. The PRP is promoting cell proliferation neoangiogenesis and
anti-inflammatory effects, facilitating successful implantation indicating the safe as well as a potential
therapeutic response to its application in patients with RIF with thin endometrium.
Goal:
Our aim was to further elucidate the role of WOI as a diagnostic and prognostic tool to RIF with thin
endometrium in the fertility field. Also the importance of PRP treatment.
Materials and Methods:
A prospective study was done of 72 infertile thin endometrium women with history of recurrent implantation failure (RIF). All women underwent hysteroscopy followed by endometrial sampling for histological examination. WOI was studied using the immu-nohistochemicall method of determining Ki67, ER, PR, 6 tissue preparations were excluded due to an unsatisfactory amount of tissue. Therefore, data about tissue specimens from 66 patients were included in statistical analysis. Differences in implantation rate between 2 groups were evaluated using the chi square test. Endometrial thickness was calculated by a repeated measures ANOVA test with greenhouse method. This study received approval from the Ethics
Committee under the reference number 2021/3-202109 and conducted at the CL fertility clinic.
Results:
In this study, out of 72 cases, 6 were removed, 42 were synechiae, 24 were polyp. Ki67, ER, PR
immunohistochemistry expression was found in 66 and endometrial delay was diagnosed 73,6% (Figure
1). Endometrial thickness was significantly increased with the PRP group. After adjusting the WOI,
significant increase in implantation 58% and clinic pregnancy 38% (Figure 2).
Conclusion
Adjusting WOI, receiving PRP treatment in infertile women with thin endometrium significantly associated
with implantation rate and pregnancy rate prognostic indicators including Ki67 proliferation index,
ER,PR.