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The carbon footprint of different medication packaging items at an Australian tertiary hospital
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.Abstract Background Medication packaging contributes significantly to the overall carbon footprint of pharmaceuticals. Packaging design and material choices greatly influence environmental impact. Aim To assess the carbon footprint of packaging for a range of medications on an Australian tertiary hospital formulary and identify opportunities to reduce ...
Michael J. Loftus +9 more
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Current Therapeutic Research: Background: Understanding the rate of polypharmacy in cardiovascular patients is crucial because of its increasing occurrence and its association with potentially inappropriate prescribing practices and negative health outcomes, particularly among ...
Shambel Nigussie, MSc +1 more
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Evaluating a prescription clinic at a primary health centre [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: One of the pillars of a good primary health system is the establishment of a good doctor- patients relation. Amongst other things, this will result in mutually accepted treatment plans, which are understood by all parties involved.
Abela, Jurgen C. +1 more
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A stochastic variational framework for fitting and diagnosing generalized linear mixed models
, 2014 In stochastic variational inference, the variational Bayes objective function is optimized using stochastic gradient approximation, where gradients computed on small random subsets of data are used to approximate the true gradient over the whole data set.
Nott, David J., Tan, Linda S. L.
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JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Punch grafting was retrospectively evaluated in patients with chronic lower leg ulcers treated at Erasmus MC between 2018 and 2023. Median pain scores significantly decreased after 6 weeks. Opioid use declined and 30% of patients no longer required analgesics. Complete wound closure was achieved in 7% of cases.
M. van Zanten +4 more
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Knowledge Graph Completion to Predict Polypharmacy Side Effects
, 2018 The polypharmacy side effect prediction problem considers cases in which two drugs taken individually do not result in a particular side effect; however, when the two drugs are taken in combination, the side effect manifests. In this work, we demonstrate
AM Manicone +10 more
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Risk factors and mortality associated with multimorbidity in people with stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a study of 8,751 UK Biobank participants [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Multimorbidity is common in stroke, but the risk factors and effects on mortality remain poorly understood. Objective: To examine multimorbidity and its associations with sociodemographic/lifestyle risk factors and all-cause mortality in UK ...
Gallacher, Katie I. +5 more
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The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aimed to compare efficacy and safety of ultrasound‐guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) using liposomal (LB) versus conventional bupivacaine (CB), each plus standardized gabapentin, in patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). A total of 116 PHN patients were randomized to ESPB‐LB or ESPB‐CB; both groups received standardized ...
Xia‐Jing Xu +3 more
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Prevalence of polypharmacy: Comparing the status of Indian states
Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2019 Introduction: The word “poly” is Greek and means many or much. However, the term polypharmacy has been given definitions connected both to the use of more than a certain number of drugs concomitantly and to the clinical appropriateness of drug use ...
Priya Sharma, N L Gupta, H S Chauhan
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