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Standards of aminoglycoside therapeutic drug monitoring in a South African private hospital: perspectives and implications [PDF]
Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is essential to ensure that aminoglycoside peak concentrations are high enough for effective antimicrobial treatment and trough levels are low enough to minimise toxicity. Inappropriate utilisation of TDM may
Mariette du Toit +3 more
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Background: There is paucity of data on methylphenidate and atomoxetine prescribing patterns in South African children. Aim: To describe the prescribing trends of these agents in children residing in the Western Cape Province.
Liezl Joubert +4 more
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Grammar is grammar and usage is usage [PDF]
A number of disparate approaches to language, ranging from cognitive linguistics to stochastic implementations of optimality theory, have challenged the classical distinction between knowledge of language and use of language. Supporters of such approaches point to the functional motivation of grammatical structure, language users’ sensitivity to the ...
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Standardized freeze-dried FMT: is the ideal protectant out there?
BackgroundFecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections. Freeze-drying offers a next-generation, more practical, and aesthetically acceptable FMT formulation that could facilitate ...
Alix Pourrat +7 more
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Risks for Workers Handling Solid Oral Doses: Development of a Tool to Improve Personal Protection
Handling of pharmaceutical specialities is required before its distribution or administration. Unpackaging and repackaging solid oral doses (SOD) in pharmacy settings; crushing, pills fragmenting or capsules opening inside care units may expose nurses ...
Sgarioto Amandine +4 more
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Influencing software usage [PDF]
Technology designers often strive to design systems that are flexible enough to be used in a wide range of situations. Software engineers, in particular, are trained to seek general solutions to problems. General solutions can be used not only to address the problem at hand, but also to address a wide range of problems that the designers may not have ...
Lorrie Faith Cranor, Rebecca N. Wright
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Background: The South African (SA) private medical schemes environment has over the past two decades respond to the evolving needs of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Floidy Wafawanaka +3 more
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Viscous oral solutions of budesonide (dose range: 1 mg to 2 mg) have long been used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis in children. The objective of the present study was to provide a convenient paediatric pharmaceutical formulation of a viscous ...
Ey Caroline +3 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Background: Healthcare systems worldwide adapt to patients’ needs and expectations, following social evolutions. Pharmaceutical practice has shifted towards activities such as therapeutic education.
Caroline Boulliat +4 more
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