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Return to the workforce following first hospitalization for heart failure: a Danish nationwide cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Return to work is important financially, as a marker of functional status and for self-esteem in patients developing chronic illness. We examined return to work after first heart failure (HF) hospitalization.
Fosbøl, Emil L., Gerds, Thomas A., Gislason, Gunnar H., Jhund, Pardeep S., Kragholm, Kristian, Kristensen, Søren L., Køber, Lars, Lamberts, Morten, McMurray, John J.V., Mogensen, Ulrik M., Petrie, Mark C., Rørth, Rasmus, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Wong, Chih   +13 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman, Erik M. Donker, Jelle Tichelaar, on behalf of the CP4T programme   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective evaluation of patients with elevated digoxin levels at an emergency department

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Objectives: We investigated the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings, treatment strategies and clinical outcomes of patients presenting at emergency department (ED) with digoxin levels at or above 1.2 ng/ml. Materials and methods:
Gulsum Limon, Gurkan Ersoy, Nese Colak Oray, Basak Bayram, Onder Limon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Digoxin Use With Transplant‐Free Interstage Survival in Infants Palliated With a Stage 1 Hybrid Procedure

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Digoxin prescription in patients with single‐ventricle physiology after stage 1 palliation is associated with reduced interstage death. Prior literature has primarily included patients having undergone the Norwood procedure.
Reshma K. Reddy, Sinai C. Zyblewski, Shahryar M. Chowdhury, Justin Godown, Scott M. Bradley, David W. Brown, Rachel K. Duncan, Tyler N. Brown, Katherine E. Bates, L. LuAnn Minich, John M. Costello   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Model‐based evaluation of the interaction between ritonavir‐boosted atazanavir and rifampicin in Ugandan adults with HIV

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Concomitant treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is complicated by drug‐drug interactions (DDI). This analysis aimed to characterize the DDI between ritonavir‐boosted atazanavir (ATV/r) and rifampicin in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).
Allan Kengo, Juan Eduardo Resendiz‐Galvan, Letisha Najjemba, Henry Mugerwa, Amedeo De Nicolò, Antonio D'Avolio, Shakir Atoyebi, Lubbe Wiesner, Elin M. Svensson, Catriona Waitt, Paolo Denti   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Age, Gender, and Comorbid Diseases on Serum Digoxin Levels During Digoxin Treatment

Bezmiâlem Science, 2018
Objective:Digoxin is widely used in controlling ventricular rhythm in atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Therapeutic serum levels of digoxin are 0.5–2 ng/mL. Toxicity may occur after acute accidental or suicidal ingestion or with chronic therapy.
Zeynep ÖZTÜRK, Serap ÇUHADAR
doaj   +1 more source

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in nursing home residents detected with the community pharmacist specific GheOP3S-tool [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The Ghent Older People’s Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S-)tool was recently developed to screen for potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP).
Boussery, Koen, Mattelin, Kristof, Mehuys, Els, PATTYN, EVA, Petrovic, Mirko, Somers, Annemie, Tommelein, Eline, Van Damme, Charlotte   +7 more
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An update on digoxin.

Clinical Chemistry, 1989
Abstract This review deals briefly with recent developments in the therapeutic drug monitoring of digoxin. Strategies for decreasing the interference by digoxin metabolites, digoxin-like factors, and spironolactone metabolites in immunoassays of digoxin are discussed.
S J Soldin, J A Stone
openaire   +2 more sources

Therapeutic drug monitoring education: The current state

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To evaluate available information on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) education programmes and their implementation across different countries. Methods The study was performed in two phases. First, a scoping review of scientific literature on available education programmes was performed.
Guenka Petrova, Stiliyana Blagova, Konstantin Tachkov, Marlene Santos, James Bluett, Merita Rumano, Elena Kkolou, Elena Drakalska, Marija Arev, Mehtap Cakmak Barsbay, Denis Mulleman   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preparation of Nanoparticles of Digoxin Solid Lipid

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
In order to prove the role of solid lipid nanoparticles in oral absorption and bioavailability, the biodegradable monoglyceride with low toxicity and good biocompatibility is used as lipid materials to prepare nanoparticles of digoxin solid lipid and ...
Ping Luo, Yangwu Liu
doaj   +1 more source