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Advantages and limitations of navigation‐based multicriteria optimization (MCO) in selectively sparing pharyngeal constrictor muscles in head and neck radiotherapy treatment planning

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Sparing pharyngeal constrictor muscles (PCMs) during radiotherapy improves patient‐reported swallowing function. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of integrating knowledge‐based planning (KBP) with multicriteria optimization (MCO) in Eclipse v18.0 to selectively spare PCM, quantify the required trade‐off in prophylactic ...
Laura K. Howard, Simon J. P. Meara, Ehab M. Ibrahim, Carl G. Rowbottom   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription Audit for WHO Prescribing Indicators and Prescription Errors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023
Aim: Our study aimed to audit prescriptions for the prescription indicators given by WHO and to analyze prescription errors, evaluating the frequency and types of prescription errors. Methodology: Prospective study was done in Dr. D. Y.
Sarita Mulkalwar, Abhi Patel, Sudeep David, Krushal Pabari, Praveen Math, Abhijeet V. Tilak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse [PDF]

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018
AbstractDespite the significant cost of prescription (Rx) drug abuse and calls from policymakers for effective interventions, there is limited research on the effects of policies intended to limit such abuse. This study estimates the effects of prescription drug monitoring (PDMP) programs, which constitute a key policy targeting access to non‐medical ...
Dhaval Dave, Henry Saffer, Anca M. Grecu
openaire   +3 more sources

Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs and Sexual Risk Behaviors

Pediatrics, 2016
BACKGROUND: Substance use is associated with sexual risk behaviors among youth, but little is known about whether nonmedical prescription drug use, an increasingly common behavior, is associated with sexual risk behaviors. METHODS: Data from the 2011 and
H. Clayton, R. Lowry, Euna M. August, Sherry Everett Jones   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Producing high quality cranial SRS plans with 4Pi planning technique in a commercial clinical solution

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To generate high‐quality stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) plans for single cranial lesions using 4Pi planning technique and compare these to our clinical “status quo” plans. Methods Eighteen vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients previously planned with Varian Eclipse RapidArc and treated on a Varian TrueBeam using 6FFF MV photon beams ...
Ganesh Narayanasamy, Nishan Shrestha, Milan Bimali, Fen Xia, Zhong Su   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in pharmaceutical cocrystals of theophylline

Natural Products and Bioprospecting
Currently, cocrystallization is a promising strategy for tailoring the physicochemical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Theophylline, an alkaloid and the most primary metabolite of caffeine, is a readily available compound found in tea ...
Yanxiao Jia, Dezhi Yang, Wenwen Wang, Kun Hu, Min Yan, Li Zhang, Li Gao, Yang Lu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Misuse of prescription and illicit drugs among high-risk young adults in Los Angeles and New York

Journal of Public Health Research, 2012
Background. Prescription drug misuse among young adults is increasingly viewed as a public health concern, yet most research has focused on student populations and excluded high-risk groups.
Stephen E. Lankenau, Sheree M. Schrager, Karol Silva, Alex Kecojevic, Jennifer Jackson Bloom, Carolyn Wong, Ellen Iverson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Monitoring and Dispensing of Prescription Opioids [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2014
Objective. In the United States, per-capita opioid dispensing has increased concurrently with analgesic-related mortality and morbidity since the 1990s. To deter diversion and abuse of controlled substances, most states have implemented electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). We evaluated the impact of state PDMPs on opioid dispensing.
Joanne E. Brady, Barbara H. Lang, Charles DiMaggio, Guohua Li, James Giglio, Hannah Wunsch   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prescription of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids and mortality risk in people receiving opioid agonist treatment: Observational study based on the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Office for National Statistics death records

PLoS Medicine, 2019
Background Patients with opioid dependency prescribed opioid agonist treatment (OAT) may also be prescribed sedative drugs. This may increase mortality risk but may also increase treatment duration, with overall benefit. We hypothesised that prescription
J. Macleod, C. Steer, K. Tilling, Rosie P. Cornish, J. Marsden, T. Millar, J. Strang, M. Hickman   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What's Good for Washington: Fair Prescription Drug Pricing and the Biotechnology Industry [PDF]

, 2003
The rising cost of prescription drugs is consuming an ever-larger portion of limited funds for basic health care and other important services in Washington state.
Rebecca Kavoussi
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