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Pharmaceutical service in the community pharmacy in Romania – present and future trends [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice, 2021
Objectives. Highlighting the role of pharmacists in Romanian community pharmacies, in order to build rational approaches, and to establish the legal framework for the implementation of the pharmaceutical services.
Elena Dinte, Sînziana Rădulescu, Dana Coltofeanu, Mihaela Pop, Nicoleta Popârlan, Cristina Pavel, Adina Torje   +6 more
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Medication management for patients with hip fracture at a regional hospital and associated primary care units in Norway: a descriptive study based on a survey of clinicians’ experience and a review of patient records

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Patients with hip fracture are at high risk of medication errors due to a combination of high age, comorbidities, polypharmacy and several care transitions after fracture.
Liv Mathiesen, Maren Nordsveen Davies, Yvonne Andersson, Ben Tore Henriksen, Maria Krogseth, Caroline Thy Nguyen, Randi Dovland Andersen   +6 more
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Clinical pharmacist intervention to improve medication safety for hip fracture patients through secondary and primary care settings: a nonrandomised controlled trial

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023
Background Hip fracture patients face a patient safety threat due to medication discrepancies and adverse drug reactions when they have a combination of high age, polypharmacy and several care transitions.
Ben Tore Henriksen, Maria Krogseth, Randi Dovland Andersen, Maren Nordsveen Davies, Caroline Thy Nguyen, Liv Mathiesen, Yvonne Andersson   +6 more
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Clinical and Pathological Significance of Cellular Atypia in Endometriosis

Medicina, 2021
Objective: To highlight the most frequent localization of ovarian endometriosis, the presence of atypical endometriosis, and recurrences. Retrospective review of 259 patients diagnosed with ovarian endometriosis treated at Tîrgu-Mures Emergency County ...
Ioana Maria Maier, Adrian Cornel Maier, Andrada Crișan, Lucian Puşcaşiu   +3 more
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Who are the ostomy patients and caregivers attending Portuguese community pharmacies? A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background In 2017, ostomy patients gained access to ostomy products in community pharmacies that are fully reimbursed by the Portuguese National Health Service.
Mariana Romão, Débora Figueira, Heloísa Galante, José Guerreiro, Sónia Romano   +4 more
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Development and initial validation of MedHipPro-Q: a questionnaire assessing medication management of hip fracture patients in different care settings

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background A validated questionnaire to assess medication management of hip fracture patients within and outside the hospital setting was lacking.
Ben Tore Henriksen, Yvonne Andersson, Maren Nordsveen Davies, Liv Mathiesen, Maria Krogseth, Randi Dovland Andersen   +5 more
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Knowledge and behavior of consumers towards the non-prescription purchase of antibiotics: An insight from a qualitative study from New Delhi, India

Pharmacy Practice, 2021
Background: In Low-and Middle-Income Countries, including India, consumers often purchase antibiotics over-the-counter (OTC) from retail pharmacies. This practice leads to the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the community which is an important driver
Anita Kotwani, Jyoti Joshi , Anjana S. Lamkang , Ayushi Sharma , Deeksha Kaloni   +4 more
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An Ethnopharmaceutical Study on the Hypolipidemic Formulae in Taiwan Issued by Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacies

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Globally, approximately one-third of ischemic heart diseases are due to hyperlipidemia, which has been shown to cause various metabolic disorders. This study was aimed to disassemble and analyze hypolipidemic formulae sold by traditional Chinese medicine
Min-Han Chi, Jung Chao, Chien-Yu Ko, Shyh-Shyun Huang, Shyh-Shyun Huang   +4 more
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Building Capacity in Long-Term Care: Supporting Homes to Provide Intravenous Therapy

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2018
Background Typically, long-term care home (LTCH) residents are transferred to hospital to access intravenous (IV) therapy. The aim of this study was to pilot-test an in-home IV therapy service, and to de-scribe outcomes and key informants’ perceptions ...
Alexandra Papaioannou, Afeez Abiola Hazzan, George Ioannidis, Denis O'Donnell, Daphne Broadhurst, Hrishikesh Navare, Loretta M. Hillier, Diane Simpson, Mark Loeb   +8 more
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Interventional study to improve adherence to phosphate binder treatment in dialysis patients

BMC Nephrology, 2019
Background Adherence to phosphate binder treatment is important to prevent high serum phosphate level in chronic dialysis patients. We therefore wanted to investigate patient knowledge, beliefs about and adherence to phosphate binders among these ...
Bodil Jahren Hjemås, Katrine Bøvre, Liv Mathiesen, Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm, Kathrin Bjerknes   +4 more
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