Globalization and Health, 2017 Background Globally, safe and effective medication administration relies on nurses being able to apply strong drug calculation skills in their real-life practice, in the face of stressors and distractions.
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Stability of Extemporaneously Prepared Rufinamide Oral Suspensions [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Rufinamide is an oral antiepileptic drug indicated for adjunctive therapy in treating generalized seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Currently, rufinanide is available as 200-mg and 400-mg tablets. A liquid dosage form does not
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Where do nursing students make mistakes when calculating drug doses? A retrospective study
BMC Nursing, 2022 Background Research internationally shows that nursing students find dosage calculation difficult. Identifying the specific aspects of dose calculation procedures that are most commonly associated with errors would enable teaching to be targeted where it
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Analysis of Compounded Pharmaceutical Products to Teach the Importance of Quality in an Applied Pharmaceutics Laboratory Course [PDF]
, 2014 Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a product-analysis laboratory exercise in teaching students the importance of quality in pharmaceutical compounding. Design.
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Entry in the ADHD drugs market: Welfare impact of generics and me-toos [PDF]
, 2013 Recent decades have seen a growth in treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) including many branded and generic drugs. In the early 2000's, new drug entry dramatically altered market shares.
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Association of body composition with outcome of docetaxel chemotherapy in metastatic prostate cancer: a retrospective review. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Docetaxel, a lipophilic drug, is indicated for castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. Most men with such disease would have had androgen-deprivation therapy, which decreases muscle and increases body fat.
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Advanced Agrochem, 2023 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, HPPD) is currently one of the popular targets of herbicide research, and herbicides targeting it have shown promising results in treating resistant weeds.
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How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for inappropriate or potentially harmful prescribing. The aim of this study was to examine whether a multifaceted intervention including the use of a software programme for the ...
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Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019 Currently, medications used in children are typically modified from pharmaceutical dosage forms designed for adults. Captopril is widely adapted to liquid formulations for use in hospitals.
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Switching patients from other inhaled corticosteroid devices to the Easyhaler(®) : historical, matched-cohort study of real-life asthma patients [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
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