Medication Review: What’s in a Name and What Is It about?
Background: Medication review is a multifaceted service aimed at optimizing the use of medicines and enhancing the health outcomes of patients. Due to its complexity, it is crucial to clearly describe the service, its variants, and its components to ...
Anneleen Robberechts +6 more
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The Obama Administration's 2010 Call Letter for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans: Implications for Beneficiaries [PDF]
Outlines key provisions and changes in the Medicare Advantage or Medicare Prescription Drug plans in 2010. Discusses requirements to improve accountability, promote informed health plan choices, and increase beneficiary ...
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle +5 more
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How to integrate drug Information: Korea Drug Utilization Review System
Introduction: Korea adopts a National Health Insurance System (NHIS). Under the NHIS, one of the biggest challenges is to find a way to provide affordable, yet high-quality healthcare services to citizens. This report introduces the process of establishing Korea's drug utilization review service and discusses lessons learned from the achievements.Short
Yoon, Jeong Sik +3 more
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Community Pharmacy: an untapped patient data resource [PDF]
As community pharmacy services become more patient centred they will be increasingly reliant on access to good quality patient information. This paper describes how the information which is currently available in community pharmacies can be used to ...
Twigg, Michael, Wright, David
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ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter +17 more
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Profile of drugs used by university students for self-medication in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review [PDF]
A significant increase in self-medication was observed during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, especially among university students due to their higher level of knowledge and awareness, making them more prone to self-medication. Therefore, in this scoping review
Natielle Alves Fernandes +5 more
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Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report
ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan +6 more
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Annotated Bibliography: Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices in the Context of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. [PDF]
The ambulatory care setting is an increasingly important component of the patient safety conversation. Inpatient safety is the primary focus of the vast majority of safety research and interventions, but the ambulatory setting is actually where most ...
Mehdi, Harshal +2 more
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The objective of this study was to determine incidence rate, type, and pattern of clinically relevant potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in a large outpatient population of a developing country.
Ehsan Nabovati +5 more
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