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Correlates of Psychotropic Polypharmacy in outpatient psychiatric clinics of two military tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is meaningful and clinically justified under certain circumstances. However, the prescription of multiple psychiatric medicines is mostly based on practical experience rather than evidence. The aim of this study was to assess the
Fares F Alharbi, Samar F Alharbi, Saleh Bin Salih, Khaled Al-Surimi   +3 more
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Are There Striking Differences in Outpatient Use of Antibiotics Between South Backa District, Serbia, and Some Scandinavian Countries?

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
There is little published information about antibiotic utilization in outpatients in Serbia. The objective of this study was to determine the amount and structure of outpatient antibiotic use in South Backa District (SBD) in Serbia, to assess prescibing ...
Olga Horvat, Vesna Mijatović, Boris Milijasević, Ana Tomas, Milica Paut Kusturica, Zdenko Tomić, Ana Sabo   +6 more
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Prevalence and characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales among inpatients and outpatients in Skikda, Algeria

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: The spread of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPEs) has become a significant concern in Algeria, with limited data available on their presence in community settings.
Amina Bougouizi, Zohra Chekroud, Hamza Rahab, Ali Boumegoura, Abdelaziz Touati   +4 more
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Economic burden and influencing factor analysis of outpatients with epilepsy: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, Shanxi and Sichuan

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2018
Objective: To better understand the economic burden of patients with epilepsy receiving outpatient services in China and to analyze potential factors influencing epileptic economic burden through a cross-sectional study.
Bing-Yu Wang, Yang-Mu Huang, Shi-Chuo Li, Yan Guo   +3 more
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Management of heart failure in Piedmont Region

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
emerging problem in industrialized countries: it continues to be diagnosed at high rates and has an decreased survival time, raising new problems, such as the need of an adequate medical service organization and resource expenditure. Aim of this analysis
Nicolò Montali, Marco Bobbio, Enrico Cerrato, Giuseppe Azzaro, Bianca Bianchini, Alessandro Bonzano, Maria Vincenza Calì, Rodolfo Cavaliere, Livio Correndo, Antonella Deorsola, Regine Guillevin, Loredana Mainardi, Laura Montagna, Massimo Pistono, Gian Paolo Trevi   +14 more
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The Effects of Temperature on Dynamics of Psychiatric Outpatients

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Climate changes affect mental states and alter the risk for psychiatric diseases. Seasonal changes in temperature lead to dynamics in the occurrence of psychiatric conditions and pose challenges in the administration of clinical psychiatry ...
Ying Shao, Jiahui Xu, Ying Qiao, Yang Shao, Jian-Ming Fei   +4 more
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Comprehensive allostatic load risk index is associated with increased frontal and left parietal white matter hyperintensities in mid-life cognitively healthy adults

Scientific Reports
To date, there is a considerable heterogeneity of methods to score Allostatic Load (AL). Here we propose a comprehensive algorithm (ALCS) that integrates commonly used approaches to generate AL risk categories and assess associations to brain structure ...
Ingrid Buller-Peralta, Sarah Gregory, Audrey Low, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Katie Bridgeman, Georgios Ntailianis, Brian Lawlor, Lorina Naci, Ivan Koychev, Paresh Malhotra, John T. O’Brien, Craig W. Ritchie, Graciela Muniz-Terrera   +12 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of polypharmacy among adult Saudi medical outpatients at a tertiary care center

Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2013
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of polypharmacy (PP) and the associated factors in medical outpatients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study was carried out in adult medical ...
Salih Bin Salih, Muhammad Yousuf, Huda Durihim, Hind Almodaimegh, Hani Tamim   +4 more
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Determinants of appointment nonattendance among outpatients with hidradenitis suppurativa

JEADV Clinical Practice
Background Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is associated with several comorbidities and significant impairment of quality of life. Moderate to severe HS patients have often prolonged treatment courses at various hospitals.
Britt Nilausen, Anne‐Liv Gerber, Nikolaj Holgersen, Valdemar W. Nielsen, Hans C. Ring, Simon F. Thomsen   +5 more
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Development and Validation of the Hospital Outpatients’ Information Needs Questionnaire (HOINQ)

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2021
Mònica Andreu-March,1 Margarita Aguas Compaired,1,2 Montserrat Pons Busom,1,2 Eduardo L Mariño,1 Pilar Modamio1 1Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry ...
Andreu-March M, Aguas Compaired M, Pons Busom M, Mariño EL, Modamio P   +4 more
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