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Evaluation of the adequacy of drug prescriptions in patients with chronic kidney disease: results from the CKD‐REIN cohort

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018
Drug prescription is difficult to manage in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We assessed the prevalence and determinants of inappropriate drug prescriptions (whether contraindications or inappropriately high doses) with regard to kidney ...
S. Laville, M. Metzger, B. Stengel, C. Jacquelinet, C. Combe, D. Fouque, M. Laville, L. Frimat, C. Ayav, É. Speyer, B. Robinson, Z. Massy, S. Liabeuf   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Abuse in Canada and the Diversion of Prescription Drugs into the Illicit Drug Market [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2005
Prescription drug abuse has received considerable attention in media reports in recent years. The purpose of this article is to describe the Canadian situation and context with regards to prescription drug abuse and the diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs into the illicit drug market, with a focus on the need for more data and interventions ...
Haydon, E, Rehm, J, Fischer, B, Monga, N, Adlaf, E   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Outpatient prescription drug interactions at a city-affiliated healthcare center in Vietnam [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research
Context: Adverse drug interactions increase the risk of hospitalization, treatment costs, unfavorable treatment outcomes, and prolonged hospital stays.
Minh Cuong Nguyen, Dao Phuong Nguyen, Quang Loc Duyen Vo, Rebecca Susan Dewey, Minh Trung Nguyen, Quoc Quan Ly, Tu Nguyet Tran   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Place, poverty and prescriptions: a cross-sectional study using Area Deprivation Index to assess opioid use and drug-poisoning mortality in the USA from 2012 to 2017

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective To identify the relationships between county-level area deprivation and patterns of both opioid prescriptions and drug-poisoning mortality. Design, setting and participants For this retrospective cross-sectional study, we used the IQVIA Xponent
Shaheen Kurani, R. McCoy, J. Inselman, M. Jeffery, S. Chawla, L. F. Finney Rutten, R. Giblon, N. Shah   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

doseminer:extract drug dosages from free-text prescriptions

, 2021
Utilities for converting unstructured electronic prescribing instructions into structured medication data. Extracts drug dose, units, daily dosing frequency and intervals from English-language prescriptions. Based on Karystianis et al.
Birlie Yimer, Belay, Marwick, Ben, Selby, David   +2 more
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Prevalence of Drug Prescriptions and Potential Safety in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Real-World Study

Drug Safety, 2018
IntroductionPatients with cirrhosis are at risk for adverse drug reactions (ADRs) due to altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. We aimed to determine the prevalence of drug prescriptions and the potential safety of these prescriptions in a real ...
R. Weersink, K. Taxis, J. Drenth, E. Houben, H. Metselaar, S. Borgsteede   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Use of unlicensed and off-label drugs in neonates in a Brazilian university hospital

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018
This study was designed to investigate the use of off-label and unlicensed drugs in a Neonatal Care Unit (NCU) and to compare the frequency of use of off-label drugs according to the drug regulatory agencies in Brazil (Agência Nacional de Vigilância ...
Adriana Cristina de Souza Gonçalves, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Ana Carolina Gusmão Marçal, Maria Cândida Ferrarez Bouzada   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug prescriptions in elderly hospitalized patients with cognitive impairment in the Italian Dementia Friendly Hospital project. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to characterize drug prescription patterns in elderly patients hospitalized in acute wards as a function of cognitive status and staff training.MethodsWe recorded clinical parameters reflecting health status and drug ...
Govoni S, Rosi A, Preda S, Lanni C, Cappa S, Allegri N.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drug Prescriptions Are Associated With Increased Stress Fracture Diagnosis in the US Army Population

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2018
Stress fractures are common in military personnel and endurance athletes, and nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use is widespread in these populations.
J. Hughes, C. McKinnon, K. Taylor, J. Kardouni, L. Bulathsinhala, K. Guerriere, K. Popp, M. Bouxsein, S. Proctor, Ronald W. Matheny   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characteristics of Outpatient Prescriptions for Frail Taiwanese Elders with Long-Term Care Needs

, 2011
Objective To describe medication prescription patterns and associated factors among frail Taiwanese elders with long- term care needs defined as having physical or cognitive functioning impairments.
CHAN, DING-CHENG;HAO, YI-TING;WU, SHWU-CHONG, 詹鼎正;郝怡婷;吳淑瓊   +1 more
core   +1 more source