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Energy drinks and population health: consumption pattern and adverse effects among Saudi population

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Caffeine containing energy drinks (EDs) are heavily consumed, particularly among young adults. The number of reports of caffeine intoxication from caffeinated EDs and problems related to caffeine dependence and withdrawal is increasing.
Gehad M. Subaiea, Ali F. Altebainawi, Thamir M. Alshammari   +2 more
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The impact of a hospital electronic prescribing and medication administration system on medication administration safety: an observational study

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The aim of the study was to explore the impact of the implementation of an electronic prescribing and medication administration system (ePA) on the safety of medication administration in an inpatient hospital setting.
Seetal Jheeta, Bryony Dean Franklin
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Pharmacists’ roles in emergency and disasters: COVID-19 as an example

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Background: Emergencies and disasters are major threats to health care systems. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is at the center of a recent emergency situation that requires increased attention from health care professionals, including pharmacists ...
Wejdan Aburas, Thamir M. Alshammari
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Ultrasonic-induced reversible blood–brain barrier opening: Safety evaluation into the cellular level

Open Chemistry, 2022
An important function of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is to protect the central nervous system and maintain its homeostasis, but it is also a major barrier to the intervention and treatment of neurological diseases.
Wang Mengxin, Guo Shuyuan, Lin Bingling, Lv Tao, Zhang Zhuxia, Hu Die, Hu Azhen, Xu Bingxuan, Qi Yulong, Liu Li, Cheng Guanxun, Chen Yun, Zheng Tingting   +12 more
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The outcome of pharmacist counseling at the time of hospital discharge: an observational nonrandomized study

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2012
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Adverse drug events (ADEs) may occur after discharge from acute care hospitalization because of limited instruction on medications at discharge. The right instructions given to patients may reduce the risk of ADEs.
Sami Ali Al-Ghamdi, Mansour Adam Mahmoud, Maha Abdalaziz Alammari, Abdulkareem Mohamed Al Bekairy, Muneera Alwhaibi, Ahmad Yacoub Mayet, Hisham Saad Aljadhey   +6 more
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Software Safety in Medical Applications [PDF]

Computer Aided Surgery, 1995
The use of software in safety-critical medical applications permits sophisticated functionality that would otherwise not be achievable. However, it is very difficult to ensure that software in these systems is dependable. In particular all software development techniques have limitations, and none can provide any guarantee of overall software ...
J C, Knight, K G, Wika
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Research progress on gas signal molecular therapy for Parkinson’s disease

Open Life Sciences, 2023
The pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains unclear. Among the pathological manifestations is the progressive degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway, leading to massive loss of neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and ...
Wang Linlin, Dan Qing, Xu Bingxuan, Chen Yun, Zheng Tingting   +4 more
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The safety of osteoporosis medication

South African Medical Journal, 2013
Osteoporosis is a common, costly and serious disease, which is still too often regarded as an inevitable part of the normal ageing process and therefore sub-optimally treated, especially in the elderly--in fact, only two out of every 10 patients who sustain a hip fracture receive any form of assessment or prophylactic therapy for osteoporosis.
Hough, F S, Brown, S L, Cassim, B, Davey, M R, de Lange, W, de Villiers, T J, Ellis, G C, Lipschitz, S, Lukhele, M, Pettifor, J M   +9 more
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Mapping the Theoretical Domain Framework to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: do multiple frameworks add value?

Implementation Science Communications, 2023
Background Implementation researchers often combine the Theoretical Domain Framework (TDF) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) in their studies.
B. O’Donovan, C. Kirke, M. Pate, S. McHugh, K. Bennett, C. Cahir   +5 more
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Treatment Patterns, Effectiveness, and Safety of Originator Insulin Glargine versus Insulin Glargine-yfgn within the Veterans Health Administration

Pharmacoepidemiology
We described insulin glargine (originator) and insulin glargine-yfgn (biosimilar) treatment patterns, assessed effectiveness and safety outcomes, and identified reasons for switching back to the originator product from the biosimilar.
Samantha Walczuk, Francesca E. Cunningham, Xinhua Zhao, Diane Dong, Peter A. Glassman, Donald R. Miller, Deborah Khachikian, Anthony Au, Cedric Salone, Kelly Bryan, Qoua Her, Sherrie L. Aspinall   +11 more
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