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Risk of Retinopathy Associated with Long‐Term Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to estimate the prevalence and cumulative incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCQ‐R) and its risk factors among patients receiving long‐term HCQ with rheumatic diseases through a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies that used spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography (SD‐OCT) for screening ...
Narsis Daftarian, Chloe Yue, Steve D Levasseur, Hui Xie, J. Antonio Avina‐Zubieta   +4 more
wiley   +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 ...
Molly Moore Jeffery, Rozalina Grubina McCoy, Nilay D Shah, Rachel Giblon, Lila J Finney Rutten, Shaheen Kurani, Jonathan Inselman, Sagar Chawla   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

Paediatric off-label use of drugs in Gansu, China: a multicentre cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Objective To examine the current prevalence and cost of paediatric off-label drug prescriptions in Gansu, China, and the potential influencing factors.Design The prevalence of off-label prescriptions in paediatrics was evaluated according to the National
Xufei Luo, Yaolong Chen, Yang Gao, Qiu Li, Yan Yang, Min Tian, Min Meng, Bin Ge, Wenjuan Lei, Yuqiong Wu, Yali Lu, Tingji Shao, Jiawei Luo   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventable adverse drug events in critically ill HIV patients: Is the detection of potential drug-drug interactions a useful tool?

Clinics, 2018
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to develop a strategy to identify adverse drug events associated with drug-drug interactions by analyzing the prescriptions of critically ill patients.
Grazielle Viana Ramos, André Miguel Japiassú, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Lusiele Guaraldo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐World Longitudinal Data on the Impact of Hydroxychloroquine Blood Level Monitoring on Lupus Outcomes: Results of a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a cornerstone therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the weight‐based dosing does not account for clinical factors that can introduce individual variability in drug metabolism and clearance. We leveraged longitudinal data from a prospective SLE cohort to identify clinical factors that predict ...
Jay J. Patel, Fauzia Hollangel, Caroline Packee, Amita Kapoor, Brad Rovin, Nathalie Costedoat‐Chalumeau, Shivani Garg   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Pharmacist in Reducing the Rate of Drug Interactions; An Experience from North of Iran

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background and purpose: Drug interactions are one of the serious subsets of medication errors and occur when the effects or toxicity of one drug are affected by another.
Shahram Ala, Ebrahim Salehifar, Sara Kiadaliri   +2 more
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Development and use of a computer program to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults residing in Canadian long-term care facilities

BMC Geriatrics, 2002
Background Inappropriate prescribing has been estimated to be as high as 40% in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to develop a computer program that identifies potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and to test its reliability.
Ferko Nicole, Dubois Sacha, Campbell Glenda, Bedard Michel, Papaioannou Alexandra, Heckman George, Flett Norman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An ontological analysis of drug prescriptions

, 2018
International audienceThe ambiguities and overspecificities of prescription semantics along with their lack of standardization hinders the adoption of electronic prescriptions in some countries, limit data interoperability and are potential sources of ...
Taseen, Ryeyan, Barton, Adrien, Ethier, Jean-François   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Safety of Prescription Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drugs in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Data From a Large Administrative Claims Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The concern that nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may precipitate flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has limited their use in managing musculoskeletal symptoms in those with IBD, but safety data are mixed. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients with IBD aged at least 18 years from Optum's deidentified ...
Adam S. Mayer, Rui Xiao, Meenakshi Bewtra, Michael D. George, Pamela F. Weiss   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source