Application of a Common Data Model (CDM) to rank the paediatric user and prescription prevalence of 15 different drug classes in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Australia: an observational, descriptive study [PDF]
Objective: To measure the paediatric user and prescription prevalence in inpatient and ambulatory settings in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Australia by age and gender.
Brauer, R +9 more
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Paracetamol in therapeutic dosages and acute liver injury: causality assessment in a prospective case series [PDF]
Background: Acute liver injury (ALI) induced by paracetamol overdose is a well known cause of emergency hospital admission and death. However, there is debate regarding the risk of ALI after therapeutic dosages of the drug.
A Escorsell +59 more
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It has been shown that mucus hypersecretion is associated with greater susceptibility for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), excess forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline, hospitalisations and excess mortality. The effects of mucoactive drugs
M. Decramer, W. Janssens
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Mucus hypersecretion is a clinical feature of severe respiratory diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
R. Balsamo, L. Lanata, C. G. Egan
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Strategies to decrease ongoing oxidant burden in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally, and its development is mainly associated with tobacco/biomass smoke-induced oxidative stress.
Aaron +182 more
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Risk assessment of “other substances” - L-cysteine and L-cystine. Opinion of the Panel on Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety [PDF]
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, assessed the risk of specified doses of L-cysteine and L-cystine in food supplements. VKM concludes that: • In adolescents (14 to
Frøyland, Livar +7 more
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Effect of carbocisteine on patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zheng Zeng,1 Dan Yang,2 Xiaoling Huang,3 Zhenliang Xiao4 1Respiratory Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People ...
Zeng Z, Yang D, Huang X, Xiao ZL
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Pharmacotherapies for COPD [PDF]
This review article summarizes the main treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, their mechanisms, and the key evidence from trials supporting their use.
Ejiofor, Stanley, Turner, Alice M
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Determinação do prazo de validade do medicamento carbocisteína xarope através do método de Arrhenius [PDF]
Carbocysteine is a mucolytic agent in adjunctive therapy of respiratory tract infections. The pharmaceutical industry is responsible for quality, safety and efficiency of the product during its shelf life.
Brum Junior, Liberato +4 more
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Variation in the attachment of Streptococcus pneumoniae to human pharyngeal epithelial cells after treatment with S-carboxymethylcysteine [PDF]
S-carboxymethylcysteine (S-CMC) is a mucolytic agent that can prevent respiratory infection by decreasing the attachment of respiratory pathogens to human pharyngeal epithelial cells (HPECs).
Ahmed, K. +7 more
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