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Drug prescription support in dental clinics through drug corpus mining [PDF]

, 2018
The rapid increase in the volume and variety of data poses a challenge to safe drug prescription for the dentist. The increasing number of patients that take multiple drugs further exerts pressure on the dentist to make the right decision at point-of ...
Goh, Wee Pheng, Tao, Xiaohui, Xie, Haoran, Yong, Jianming, Zhang, Ji, Zhang, Wenping   +5 more
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Perioperative and anesthetic deaths: toxicological and medico legal aspects [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Anesthesia has become safer during decades, though there is still a preventable mortality; the complexity of medical and surgical interventions, increasingly older and sicker patients, has created a host of new hazards in anesthesiology.
Argo A., Buscemi R., Karch S. B., Lanzarone A., Roccuzzo R., Zerbo S.   +5 more
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Acute renal and neurotoxicity due to weight-based dosing of intravenous acyclovir: How to dose in obese patients?

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2020
Background: Acyclovir is a hydrophilic drug that is mainly distributed in the lean compartments of the body. Consequently, dosing on total body weight in obese patients may lead to drug overdosing.
Bastiaan TGM Sallevelt, Erin H Smeijsters, Toine CG Egberts, Kim CM van der Elst, Tania Mudrikova   +4 more
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Issues potentially affecting quality of life arising from long-term medicines use: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background Polypharmacy is increasing and managing large number of medicines may create a burden for patients. Many patients have negative views of medicines and their use can adversely affect quality of life.
A Alic, A Bowling, A Thompson, B Guthrie, BA Golomb, C Anderson, C Fox, C Salisbury, CA Anderson, CE Eades, DC Berry, DT Eton, DT Eton, F Stevenson, J Krska, J Krska, J Krska, J Krska, J Krska, JW Saultz, K Cox, L Ong, M May, MA Boustani, MA Hassali, MG Duerden, MJ Atkinson, N Britten, N Mead, P Pound, PA Rochon, R Adler, R Horne, RA Elliott, RA Elliott, S Kripalani, S Williams, SE Campbell, SN Weingart, T Kairuz, V Nunes   +40 more
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The Significance of the Ocular Adverse Effect Induced by Systemic Taxane Application

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2022
In recent years, in-depth research on anti-tumor therapy has brought the emergence of new active chemotherapeutic agents and combination regimens. However, as one of them, taxane drugs are widely used in clinical practice, but it should be noted that ...
Ya-Ting Ye, Zi-Yi Zhou, Li-Shi Wen, Yu Sun, Zhao-Jie Chu, Guo-Rui Dou   +5 more
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Geriatric pharmacotherapy : optimisation through integrated approach in the hospital setting [PDF]

, 2016
Since older patients are more vulnerable to adverse drug-related events, there is a need to ensure appropriate prescribing in these patients in order to prevent misuse, overuse and underuse of drugs.
A Corsonello, A Jha, A Leendertse, A Somers, A Somers, A Somers, A Spinewine, A Spinewine, A Spinewine, American Geriatrics Society, B Basger, B Berenguer, B Lund, B Strom, B Tangiisuran, C Lindley, C Naugler, C Rancourt, C Scullin, C Zhan, D Classen, E Hajjar, G Batty, G Ellis, G Onder, G Onder, G Onder, G Onder, H Beijer, H Hamilton, I Eland, J Hanlon, J Hanlon, J Klopotowska, J Lazarou, J Schnipper, J Wolfstadt, K Perehudoff, K Schmader, L Leape, M Beers, M Laroche, M O’Connor, M Passarelli, M Petrovic, M Petrovic, M Pirmohamed, M Steinman, NS Wenger, P Bemt van den, P Gallagher, P Gallagher, P Lampela, P McLeod, P Rochon, R Cipolle, R Page, S Holt, S Kaur, S Kucukarslan, S Rognstad, T Field, T Field, W Winit-Watjana   +63 more
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Critical appraisal and update on the clinical utility of agomelatine, a melatonergic agonist, for the treatment of major depressive disease in adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article describes the pharmacology of the novel atypical antidepressant drug agomelatine, critically reviews and evaluates its clinical use for the treatment of major depression, and suggests areas for further research.
Howland, RH
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Mortality and years of life lost related to adverse drug events in Brazil [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To assess regional and national mortality and years of life lost (YLL) related to adverse drug events in Brazil. METHODS This is an ecological study in which death records from 2009 to 2018 from the Mortality Information System were analyzed.
Lunara Teles Silva, Ana Carolina Figueiredo Modesto, Rodrigo Alves de Oliveira, Rita Goreti Amaral, Flavio Marques Lopes   +4 more
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Falls and Drugs in the Older Population: medical and societal consequences [PDF]

, 2011
Falls represent a major public health problem among older persons in western countries, since approximately a third of all persons aged 65 years and older experience at least one fall per year.
Hartholt, K.A. (Klaas)
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A Drug Dosage Table is a Useful Tool to Facilitate Prescriptions of Antiretroviral Drugs for Children in Thailand. [PDF]

, 2005
Scaling up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for children in countries like Thailand will require decentralization and management by non-specialist doctors.
Eksaengsri, A, Frederix, K, Petdachai, W, Ponnet, M, Wilson, D, Zachariah, R   +5 more
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