Pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship interventions in patients with COVID-19: a scoping review [PDF]
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease that can be treated with antivirals in addition to other antimicrobials in cases of secondary or concomitant infections.
Nasr, Z. G. +7 more
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Rural ambulatory care pharmacists providing in-clinic and home visit services improve adherence to long-acting injectable antipsychotics [PDF]
Patients with schizophrenia often experience symptoms such as poor insight and disorganized thought, which limit their ability to seek and receive care consistently.
Heng “Helen” Chang, PharmD, BCPS +2 more
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Impact of a community pharmacist-led medication review on medicines use in patients on polypharmacy - a prospective randomised controlled trial [PDF]
In 2010 the 'Polymedication Check' (PMC), a pharmacist-led medication review, was newly introduced to be delivered independently from the prescriber and reimbursed by the Swiss health insurances.
Vriends, Noortje +11 more
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Prescribing Profile at a Pharmacy in Yogyakarta During the Period August-October 2024 [PDF]
A drug prescription profile is a list of drugs prescribed or required by a service and is one of the bases for preparing a pharmacy's drug planning. This study aims to ascertain the prescribing habits of a Yogyakarta pharmacy over the August–October 2024
Putri Meilisa +6 more
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Objectives This study aimed to investigate the association and potential causal relationship between ischaemic stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and oral anticoagulant (OAC) adherence using Bradford Hill’s criteria and to determine the factors ...
Mark Harrison +5 more
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Use of a trigger tool to detect adverse drug reactions in an emergency department
Background Although there are systems for reporting adverse drug reactions (ADR), these safety events remain under reported. The low-cost, low-tech trigger tool method is based on the detection of events through clues, and it seems to increase the ...
Silvana Maria de Almeida +5 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan +18 more
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Background: Institutions must have access to antibiograms to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance and direct empirical antibiotic therapy. The first facility-specific cumulative antibiogram was launched in the ICU in 2019.
Essamedin M. Negm +12 more
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ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider +15 more
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Adherence counseling during patient contacts in swiss community pharmacies [PDF]
Numerous studies showed the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care in improving medication adherence in primary care patients. However, in daily pharmacy practice, the provision of pharmaceutical care appears to be limited.
Hersberger, Kurt E. +2 more
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