Evaluation of Medication Risks for Falls on an Inpatient Medical/Surgical Unit [PDF]
Purpose: Patient falls during hospitalization can delay discharge and decrease quality of life. Medications are one factor that can impact fall risk. This study examines patients who fell while admitted to a cardiac surgery unit to identify which high ...
Zegar, Joseph
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Scope and limitations of iodothyronine deiodinases in hypothyroidism. [PDF]
The coordinated expression and activity of the iodothyronine deiodinases regulate thyroid hormone levels in hypothyroidism. Once heralded as the pathway underpinning adequate thyroid-hormone replacement therapy with levothyroxine, the role of these ...
Bianco, Antonio C.+3 more
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Factors associated with permanent hypothyroidism in infants with congenital hypothyroidism
Background Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common endocrine diseases in childhood. A significant proportion of CH cases are transient, but the risk factors for permanent CH (PCH) are not yet well established.
Eun Sil Park, Ju Young Yoon
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Hypothyroidism conversion to hyperthyroidism: it's never too late. [PDF]
Primary hypothyroidism is a common endocrine condition, most commonly caused by autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) while Graves' disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.
Ahmad, E+4 more
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Fecal butyric acid levels increased in IBS patients at 2 and 3 years after FMT and were inverse correlation with both IBS symptoms and fatigue suggesting that butyric acid contributes to the long‐term improvement seen after FMT. ABSTRACT Background We previously found that the fecal levels of short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs) changed in irritable bowel ...
Magdy El‐Salhy+4 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen+5 more
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The central benefit of physiologically induced ketogenic states
Abstract figure legend This review describes the association between ketogenic states induced by physiological interventions such as fasting or aerobic exercise, exogenous ketone supply and ketogenic diets, as well as increased cognition through increased activity of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
Antonia Giacco+6 more
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Thyroid Hormone Profile in Patients Ingesting Soft Gel Capsule or Liquid Levothyroxine Formulations with Breakfast [PDF]
Background. Recently, it has been shown that liquid L-T4 formulation can be ingested with breakfast. This study looked to extend these findings by investigating whether a soft gel capsule formulation of L-T4 could also be ingested at breakfast time ...
Agosti, Barbara+7 more
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ABSTRACT Disease Overview Primary cutaneous lymphomas are a rare and heterogeneous group of extranodal lymphomas that require the integration of clinical and histopathologic data for classification and treatment. Diagnosis Diagnosis and disease classification is based on histopathologic review and immunohistochemical staining of an appropriate skin ...
Alexandra C. Hristov+2 more
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Risk of Subsequent Primary Cancers in Thyroid Cancer Survivors according to the Dose of Levothyroxine: A Nationwide Cohort Study [PDF]
Background Current research has not investigated the effect of thyroid-stimulating hormone suppression therapy with levothyroxine on the risk for developing subsequent primary cancers (SPCs).
Min-Su Kim+3 more
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