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Leveraging the role of community pharmacists in the prevention, surveillance, and treatment of opioid use disorders

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019
The global rise in opioid-related harms has impacted the United States severely. Current efforts to manage the opioid crisis have prompted a re-evaluation of many of the existing roles in the healthcare system, in order to maximize their individual ...
P. Bach, Daniel M. Hartung
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
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The use of MDS and HCA enabled pharmacists to reveal their roles which reflect on country of practice and cultural differences when improving patients adherence to asthma medication [PDF]

, 2014
Pharmacists are health care professionals who have a lot more to offer to the public rather than just selling pills. Pharmacists live a dichotomy role: health care consultants versus shop keepers.
Cacciolatti, Luca, Manfrin, Andrea, Mar Molinero, Cecilio   +2 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen, Mehuys, Els, Petrovic, Mirko, Somers, Annemie, Tommelein, Eline, van der Cammen, Tischa   +5 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and perception among physicians and pharmacists at leading tertiary teaching hospitals in Zambia: implications for future policy and practice

Journal of chemotherapy, 2019
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a key strategy promoting rational antimicrobial use. In Zambia, information on health professionals’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of AMS is limited.
A. Kalungia, Haabingozi Mwambula, Derick Munkombwe, Sarah Marshall, N. Schellack, C. May, A. S. C. Jones, B. Godman   +7 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
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Impact assessment of pharmacy awareness campaigns conducted in selected high schools across Lagos, Nigeria

Heliyon, 2020
Background: It is revealing that pharmacy as a key health care profession is almost invisible within more recent health policy initiatives in Nigeria. This research is an effort to improve awareness about the pharmacy profession.
Yusuf Ghazali, Adaobi Okeke, Funmbi Okoya   +2 more
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What is the current status of transplant pharmacy services in China? A nationwide cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open
Background Pharmacists are vital to the multidisciplinary care for transplant patients, but the workforce of their work in China remains unclear.Objective To assess the current status of transplant pharmacists' work in China through a national workforce ...
Xin Yu, Hui Yang, Fang Zeng, Pan Chen, Zhuoling An, Xiaopeng Hu, Kuifeng Ma, Xiangduan Liu, Qing Qian, Wenjing Hou, Guangzhao Wang, Rongrong Wang   +11 more
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The role of microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals [PDF]

, 2007
This observational, cross-sectional study describes the role played by clinical microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals.
Bruce, Julie, Cookson, Barry, Gould, I.M., Krcmery, Vladimir, MacKenzie, Fiona, Mollison, Jill, Monnet, Dominique L., van der Meer, Jos W.M.   +7 more
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The relationship between organizational climate, job stress, workplace burnout, and retention of pharmacists

Journal of Occupational Health, 2019
This study explored the relationship between organizational climate, job stress, workplace burnout, and retention of pharmacists. This study adopted a cross‐sectional design and conducted a questionnaire survey of pharmacists working at three teaching ...
Yu-Li Lan, Wan-Tsui Huang, C. Kao, Hui-Jung Wang   +3 more
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