Impact of a pharmacist-driven tardive dyskinesia screening service [PDF]
Introduction: Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is defined as involuntary movements that can develop with prolonged antipsychotic use. Regular monitoring using the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) is recommended to be conducted every 3 to 6 months for ...
Niyati Butala, PharmD, BCPP+3 more
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Evaluating the impact of an emergency department protocol that guides management of methamphetamine-induced agitation and psychosis [PDF]
Background: Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant that may induce symptoms of agitation and psychosis. The estimated rate of methamphetamine use is 6.6 per 1000 people.
Julie Nguyen, PharmD+3 more
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Background The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is a charity representing pharmacists across the Commonwealth, with the vision of empowering and collaboratively develop the profession and fully utilise the potential of pharmacists to strengthen
Ayesha Iqbal+8 more
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Purpose The NASCITA Study, a national-level, population-based, prospective cohort study, was set up to better understand the early health status of Italian children, comprising their physical, cognitive and psychological development, and how it is ...
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Effectiveness and safety of pemetrexed for non-small cell lung cancer in the Andalusian Public Health System [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate effectiveness and safety profile of pemetrexed in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when it´s used on real clinical practice in Andalusia (a Spanish region with 8.5 million inhabitants,
María Antonia Pérez-Moreno+5 more
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Screening of major endocrine disorders among stations of oil products distributions in Basrah city, Iraq. [PDF]
Background: Gasoline poses a threat to the public health, in general, and gasoline station workers, in particular. Cardiometabolic syndrome is a very common health problem among gasoline station workers throughout the world. In spite of its significance,
Ahmed Al-Darraji+3 more
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Prevalence and Severity of Asthma, Rhinitis and Eczema in Pre-School Children in the United Arab Emirates [PDF]
Very few studies have been carried out on asthma and allergies in pre-schoolchildren. This is the first study of pre-school children with asthma and allergies in the United Arab Emirates. We studied 4,000 pre-schoolchildren from the United Arab Emirates:
Mohammed Shamssain+4 more
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The reason for having a code of pharmaceutical ethics: Spanish Pharmacists Code of Ethics [PDF]
The pharmacist profession needs its own code of conduct set out in writing to serve as a stimulus to pharmacists in their day-to-day work in the different areas of pharmacy, in conjunction always with each individual pharmacist´s personal commitment ...
Ana Mulet Alberola+3 more
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The impact of a post-take ward round pharmacist on the risk score and enactment of medication-related recommendations [PDF]
There is a scarcity of published research describing the impact of a pharmacist on the post-take ward round (PTWR) in addition to ward-based pharmacy services. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacists' participation on the
Bullock, Brooke+4 more
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Post-streptokinase PCI in STEMI patients exceeding the 24-h guidelines
Background Due to delay in obtaining approval from insurance institution, performing PCI after successful reperfusion using streptokinase was postponed for ˃24 h-1 week.
El-Zahraa M. Esmat Sultan+2 more
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