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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 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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Psychoactive Medication and Traffic Safety [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009
Driving a car is important to maintain independence and participate in society. Many of those who use psychoactive medication are outpatients and are thus likely to drive a vehicle. Most common adverse effects that impair driving are reduced alertness, affected psychomotor functioning and impaired vision.
Joris C. Verster, Monique A.J. Mets
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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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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature [PDF]

, 2018
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and ...
Aljadhey, Hisham, Aloudah, Nouf, Assiri, Ghadah, Grant, Elizabeth, Mahmoud, Mansour, Shebl, Nada, Sheikh, Aziz   +6 more
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Primary care medication safety surveillance with integrated primary and secondary care electronic health records: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The extent of preventable medication-related hospital admissions and medication-related issues in primary care is significant enough to justify developing decision support systems for medication safety surveillance.
AG Winterstein, AJ Avery, AJ Avery, Anthony Avery, Artur Akbarov, B Guthrie, CJ Morris, Darren M. Ashcroft, E Kontopantelis, Evangelos Kontopantelis, H Akaike, H Wickham, HM Holmes, I Schubert, Iain Buchan, J Penge, KC Nanji, Matthew Sperrin, MH Beers, MN O’Connor, NS Wenger, P Gallagher, P Gallagher, R Galvin, R Spencer, Richard Williams, RL Howard, S Nakagawa, Sarah Rodgers, Susan J. Stocks   +29 more
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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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Sublingual allergen immunotherapy with a liquid birch pollen product in patients with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis with or without asthma [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) has been demonstrated to be both clinically efficacious and safe. However, in line with the current regulatory guidance from the European Medicines Agency, allergen immunotherapy (AIT) products must ...
Bachert, Claus, Boot, Johan D, de Kam, Pieter-Jan, Džupinová, Mária, Klimek, Ludger, Kuna, Piotr, Opstelten, Dirk Jan E, Panzner, Petr, Pfaar, Oliver, van Nimwegen, Maroesja J, Yu, Donghui   +10 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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