Archives Des Sciences Vol 66, No. 8;Aug 2013 83 ISSN 1661-464X Drug Related Problems Associated with the Treatment for Congenital Heart Defects (ASD and VSD) with Bronchopneumonia Syed Wasif Gillani (Corresponding author) Dr. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University PO box 46150, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia Tel: +6017-4203027 E-mail: wasifgillani@gmail.om Yelly Oktavia Sari School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia Mirza R. Baig Professor, Unit of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Practice, Dubai Pharmacy College, Dubai Siti Nuraihan Binti Razali Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sceinces, USM, Malaysia Ammar Siddiqui Dr. School of Dental Sciences, Hospital Univerisiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) Kelantan, Malaysia Diana Laila Faculty of Pharmacy, Tujuh Belas Agustus 1945 University, Jakarta, Indonesia Abstract Congenital heart defect is one of the common diseases in the HUSM pediatric ward. The defect of the heart exists at birth and there are a few common types of heart defects including atrial septal defect and ventrical septal defect. Bronchopneumonia is the acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs in which the alveoli and/or the interstitial are affected. Most commonly occurring in the elderly and children. Case Presentation: MAI is a 1 year and 2 months old boy with a weight of 6.1 kg admitted to the ward for congenital heart defects and bronchopneumonia, believed to be community-acquired pneumonia. Patient was diagnosed with ASD and VSD. Clinical Evaluation: Basically, there are 3 interventions that have been done during the clerking of this patient. One is regarding the toxicity of IV Cefotaxime, treatment wise for pediatric heart failure and the management of the side effects while using Cefotaxime. The choices of antibiotics are very crucial especially when it comes to pediatrics as they are very sensitive towards the action of the drugs. Keywords: VSD: Ventricular septal defect, ASD: Atrial septal defect, Bronchopneumonia, HUSM: Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia