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Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester+16 more
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Abstract Deprescribing is complex because it involves patients' health, values, and preferences. The World Health Organization and Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network have recommended that deprescribing be integrated into health curricula, prompting the need for further understanding about deprescribing education.
Brian J. Chow+3 more
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All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro+4 more
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Aims Pharmacogenomics enables personalization of drug therapy improving effectiveness and/or safety. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase [DPYD] testing prior to fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy was commissioned by NHS England in response to an update from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Nisha Shaunak+5 more
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Aims Patients with severe mental disorder and diabetes may be exposed to inappropriate polypharmacy increasing the risk of side effects and drug interactions. Although medication reviews may facilitate short‐term deprescribing, they are not known to affect clinical outcomes.
Johan Frederik Mebus Meyer Christensen+2 more
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Appraising the visibility, relevance and impacts of clinical pharmacology
Aims Clinical pharmacology (CP) used to be a strong medical and scientific field, but during the last three decades it seems to have lost some of its appeal. We reviewed the visibility, relevance and impact of CP and clinical pharmacologists across the globe and suggest ways to strengthen the discipline to address future pharmacotherapeutic challenges.
Serge Cremers+5 more
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Aims The aim of this study was to create a Turkish version of the Ascertaining Barriers to Compliance (ABC) taxonomy for medication adherence. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted, followed by a national Delphi study using suggested methods of the International Society for Medication Adherence for translation of the ABC taxonomy for ...
Cansu Goncuoglu+5 more
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Aims To identify, evaluate and summarize all published literature that investigated manipulations to pharmaceutical dosage forms of psychotropic medications that could be used for the purposes of tapering. Methods A systematic literature review was carried out of the available published literature on manipulations performed to psychotropic medications ...
Denis O'Brien+3 more
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Aims Amgevita is a licensed biosimilar to adalimumab, having demonstrated high pharmacokinetic and clinical similarity to Humira. Switching to a lower‐cost medicine may elicit a nocebo effect, whereby expectations of poorer efficacy impact outcomes despite pharmacological similarity. This prospective cohort study examined clinical and economic outcomes
Louise Rabbitt+7 more
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Aims The French government's IATROPREV program has been designed to assess the effectiveness and safety of medications prescribed to older adults discharged from acute geriatric units. IATROPREV includes the implementation of a personalized pharmaceutical plan validated at a multidisciplinary meeting attended by the patient's geriatrician, family ...
Chloé Cornille+13 more
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