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The characteristics and costs of severe theophylline toxicity in a tertiary critical care unit in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Severe theophylline toxicity requiring haemodialysis accounts for approximately one-third of drug toxicity cases admitted to the Livingstone Tertiary Hospital (LTH) intensive care unit (ICU) in Gqeberha, South Africa, imposing a significant ...
JV Oxley-Oxland, R Freercks, D Baker, E van der Merwe   +3 more
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Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients With COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018
Importance Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health issue and theophylline is used extensively. Preclinical investigations have demonstrated that low plasma concentrations (1-5 mg/L) of theophylline enhance antiinflammatory ...
G. Devereux, S. Cotton, S. Fielding, N. McMeekin, P. Barnes, A. Briggs, Graham Burns, R. Chaudhuri, H. Chrystyn, L. Davies, A. De Soyza, S. Gompertz, J. Haughney, Karen Innes, J. Kaniewska, Amanda J Lee, A. Morice, J. Norrie, A. Sullivan, Andrew M. Wilson, D. Price   +20 more
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Design principles for riboswitch function [PDF]

, 2009
Scientific and technological advances that enable the tuning of integrated regulatory components to match network and system requirements are critical to reliably control the function of biological systems. RNA provides a promising building block for the
A Belle, A Levchenko, A Zaslaver, Adam P. Arkin, B Suess, B Suess, CA Voigt, Chase L. Beisel, Christina D. Smolke, CI An, CL Beisel, DH Mathews, DJ Klein, DM Crothers, DW Selinger, E Dekel, FJ Isaacs, FJ Isaacs, GJ Leclerc, GM Emilsson, GM Suel, GR Zimmermann, HM Al-Hashimi, J Tomsic, JA Bernstein, JA Collins, JE Barrick, JF Lemay, JK Wickiser, JK Wickiser, K Lang, LJ Su, LV Danilova, M Acar, M Parisien, MN Win, MN Win, MR Bennett, MT Cheah, MT Woodside, N Hao, O Kensch, P Corish, PP Zarrinkar, PT Li, R Narsai, R Rieder, RD Jenison, RR Breaker, S Topp, S Topp, SA Lynch, SE Osborne, SK Desai, T Pan, TH Lee, TS Bayer, WC Winkler, WC Winkler, WJ Greenleaf, X Zhang, X Zhuang, Y Yokobayashi   +62 more
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Thiolated chitosan nanoparticles enhance anti-inflammatory effects of intranasally delivered theophylline

Respiratory Research, 2006
Background Chitosan, a polymer derived from chitin, has been used for nasal drug delivery because of its biocompatibility, biodegradability and bioadhesiveness.
Mohapatra Shyam S, Lockey Richard F, Shirley Shawna A, Lee Dong-Won   +3 more
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Effect of ischemia on the canine large bowel: A comparison with the small intestine [PDF]

, 1996
Mucosal injury caused by ischemia and reperfusion has been well documented with the small intestine, but little is known about the colon. In the present study, the effect of warm and cold ischemia on the canine colon was studied and compared to that on ...
Ikoma, A, Nakamura, K, Starzl, TE, Takeyoshi, I, Todo, S, Zhang, S, Zhu, Y   +6 more
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Analysis of the impact of cryopreservation and theophylline on motility of sperm

Middle East Fertility Society Journal, 2018
Objective: Sperm parameters, particularly motility, decrease during cryopreservation. Theophylline generally enhances sperm motility. We analyzed effects of theophylline and freezing on sperm motility.Design: Experimental study.Setting: Private IVF lab ...
Elaheh Gorji, Mir Mehrdad Farsi, Soraya Khafri, Hamid Shafi   +3 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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Positive chronotropic effects of theophylline and cilostazol in patients with symptomatic sick sinus syndrome who have declined permanent pacing [PDF]

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020
Pacemakers are more commonly recommended than theophylline for sick sinus syndrome (SSS) treatment. The positive effects of cilostazol on bradyarrhythmias also have been reported.
In Tae Jin, Namsik Yoon, Hyung Ki Jeong, Ki Hong Lee, Hyung Wook Park, Jeong Gwan Cho
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Highly Sensitive Determination of Theophylline Based on Graphene Quantum Dots Modified Electrode

, 2018
In this study we introduce a novel modification for the surface of screen-printed electrode (SPE) by graphene quantum dot (GQD) in order to be used in the determination and detection of theophylline.
M. Ganjali
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The influence of fillers on theophylline release from clay matrices [PDF]

, 2015
: The objectives of this study were to investigate the suitability of magnesium aluminium silicate (MAS) (Veegum®) to control drug release of a model drug, theophylline, from tablet matrices.
Adebisi, Adeola O., Asare-Addo, Kofi, Conway, Barbara R.   +2 more
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