Alternative Viewpoint: Predictors of Response in Emergency Department Patients Receiving Intravenous Opioids for Severe ...
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The Effect of Morphine Dosing on Length of Stay in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - An Alternative Viewpoint.
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Alternative Viewpoint: Efficacy and Effectiveness of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunoprophylaxis in Children with Cyst...
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Impact of Ketamine Use on Adjunctive Analgesic and Sedative Medications in Critically Ill Trauma Patients.
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Although the use of ketamine in critically ill, mechanically ventilated, adult trauma patients was associated with decreased opioid use, it was also associated with increased use of dexmedetomidine and ziprasidone to achieve and maintain sedation. Further examination of clinical outcomes associated with these differences in drug use in a larger pop...
Evaluation and Treatment of Acute and Subacute Hearing Loss: A Review of Pharmacotherapy.
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Among various forms of hearing loss, there are acute (within 72 hours) or sub-acute (weeks to months) presentations that may be reversible with early pharmacological intervention. The workup of a patient presenting with hypoacusia includes the usual history and physical examination in conjunction with an audiometric assessment in order to categoriz...
A Pharmacist-Led Program to Evaluate and Reduce Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older, HIV-Pos...
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Results suggest that targeting individuals with 11 or more chronic medications would have the highest yield and greatest impact. Pharmacist-led review of medication prescribing employing Beers and STOPP criteria revealed a large number of PIP, many amenable to immediate clinical pharmacist intervention. This article is protected by copyright. All r...
Relationships between Medication Adherence and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control in Elderly Patients with Diabe...
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Adherence to ACEI/ARB is not linked with reduced blood pressure in patients with diabetes who are at least 85 years or with multiple comorbidities.
Optimizing Specialty Drug Use.
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Cytokine Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Therapeutic Response after Initiating Methotrexate Therapy in Patients with ...
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Plasma cytokine levels were responsive to MTX therapy in patients with JIA, but only TNF-α and IL-6 levels were consistently associated with disease activity and therapeutic response. Increased TNF-α levels at baseline were associated with failure to respond to standard-dose MTX and the need for more aggressive drug therapy. Initiation of ETN resul...
Effect of Inpatient Dobutamine versus Milrinone on Out-of-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart ...
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Dobutamine was associated with higher short-term out-of-hospital mortality compared with milrinone in patients with ADHF. These results replicate and extend prior associations with mortality and should be confirmed in a prospective study.
