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Evaluating a virtual paediatric adverse drug reaction clinic
Aims Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a common problem in paediatric health care. There is limited access to expertise in the evaluation and management of potential ADRs in children, limiting access to these services and creating delays in assessment and management.
Emily Hauck +2 more
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[Polypharmacy in acute and chronic kidney diseases]. [PDF]
The prevalence for chronic kidney disease (CKD) has steadily increased over the past decades. It is a gradually progressive disease that is associated with several comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, anemia, disorders of bone ...
Manaila, Roxana-Cristiana +1 more
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Aims CYP2C19 is one of the most important pharmacogenes, and its activity is highly variable due to factors such as genetics or drug–drug interactions. Due to the lack of an appropriate endogenous CYP2C19 biomarker, surrogate methods to assess its activity are warranted.
Julian Peter Müller +9 more
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This study provides the first open‐source tool to implement the complete TEN‐SPIDERS framework in linked datasets for the determination of the PDC for medication adherence. The TEN‐SPIDERS tool enables transparent, reproducible medication adherence research through automated reporting of all calculation parameters and flexible customization options ...
Adam C. Livori +8 more
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Ceftriaxone‐induced liver injury: Incidence, phenotypic characterization and predictive factors
Introduction Ceftriaxone is a widely used third‐generation cephalosporin in hospitalized patients. Although generally considered safe, it has been associated with hepatobiliary complications and emerging reports of drug‐induced liver injury (DILI). However, data on its true incidence, phenotypic patterns, and predictors remain limited. This study aimed
Mohamed Hatem +5 more
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Breaking Down Psychiatric Polypharmacy: From Evidence to Practice
Psychiatric polypharmacy, the use of multiple psychotropic medications, has significantly increased in recent decades. Prescriptions for three or more medications went from 5% in 1974 to 40% in 1995. The rates vary widely, from 13% to 90% globally. About
Ketaki Ladi +5 more
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Definitions of ‘medicines use’ and ‘polypharmacy’ may refer to all medicines, regular long‐term medicines or another subset. Valid definitions of medicines use should incorporate type of use (long term, short course and as needed [PRN]), changes in use (start, stop and dose change) and a description of temporal examination (cross‐sectional or ...
Lorna Pairman, Paul Chin, Matthew Doogue
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Aims Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic in treatment‐resistant schizophrenia. Clozapine causes weight gain and increased diabetes risk. The role of its metabolite norclozapine and clozapine:norclozapine ratio (CLZ/NCLZ) in metabolic effects has been debated.
Susanna Maria Rask +6 more
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Polypharmacy in psychiatry: A review
Psychiatric polypharmacy refers to the prescription of two or more psychiatric medications concurrently to a patient. It can be categorised as same-class, multi-class, adjunctive, augmentation and total polypharmacy. Despite advances in psychopharmacology and a better understanding of the principles of therapeutics, its practice is increasing rapidly ...
Kukreja, Sanjay +3 more
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Aims Cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) genotype testing is recommended to guide antiplatelet selection after ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack. CYP2C19 also metabolizes several commonly prescribed non‐antiplatelet drugs. We aimed to quantify exposure to CYP2C19‐metabolized drugs in stroke patients at hospital discharge and during ...
Cleodie C. Swire +3 more
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