Menzies-Gow, Andrew Tran, Trung N. Stanley, Brooklyn Carter, Victoria Smolen, Josef Bourdin, Arnaud Fitzgerald, J Mark Raine, Tim Chapaneri, Jatin Emmanuel, Benjamin
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Purpose: associations between systemic glucocorticoid (SGC) exposure and risk for adverse outcomes have spurred a move toward steroid-sparing treatment strategies. Real-world changes in SGC exposure over time, after the introduction of steroid-sparing treatment strategies, reveal areas of successful risk mitigation as well as unmet needs.Patients a...
Rottura, M Drago, S F A Molonia, A Irrera, N Marino, S Scoglio, R Orlando, L Gigliotti De Fazio, M Squadrito, F Arcoraci, V
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Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide and in recent years the pharmacological approach has been strongly implemented; in Italy, the prescription of the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOAC) was also extended to General Practitioners (GPs) since 2020. The aim of the present study was to investigate the GPs presc...
Coleska, Adriana Oh, Andrew Rothenberg, Craig Dinh, David Parwani, Vivek Venkatesh, Arjun K
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The American journal of emergency medicine
Management of pain is a component of 80% of all emergency department (ED) visits, and intravenous (IV) opioids are most commonly used to treat moderate to severe pain. Since the dose of stock vials is rarely purchased based on provider ordering patterns, there is often a discrepancy between ordered doses and the dose of the stock vial, leading to w...
García, María Luisa Nicieza Martínez, Paula Fernández Bretón, Eva Fernández Martínez Alfonso, Marta M. Gil, Patricio Suárez
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BMC Public Health
Background Spain as multiple other countries has been experiencing an increasing and sustained trend in the use of psychotropic medications since the mid 90s. Recent studies show public health measures implemented to control SARS-Cov2, such as mobility restrictions and the shutdown of nonessential activities increased mental suffering, even contrib...
Sitaru, Sebastian Tizek, Linda Buters, Jeroen Ekebom, Agneta Wallin, Jan-Erik Zink, Alexander
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The World Allergy Organization journal
Asthma and its main phenotype allergic asthma are prevalent, chronic, and complex diseases affecting 4% of the population. One main trigger for allergic asthma exacerbations is pollen. Online health information search behavior by people is increasing, and analysis of web-search data can provide valuable insight into disease burden and risk factors ...
Grant, Amy Trenaman, Shanna Stewart, Samuel Liu, Lihui Fisher, Judith Jeffers, Elizabeth Lawrence, Rebecca Murphy, Andrea Sketris, Ingrid Woodill, Lisa
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Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
Objectives Pharmacists in Nova Scotia have had legislated authority to prescribe since 2011. This study aimed to describe the prescribing activities of pharmacists and the characteristics of patients who used pharmacist prescribing services. Methods Using provincial health administrative databases we identified all community pharmacists who prescri...
Valladales-Restrepo, Luis Fernando Gaviria-Mendoza, Andrés Londoño-Serna, María José Ospina-Cano, Juan Alberto Giraldo-Giraldo, Claudia Machado-Duque, Manuel Enrique Machado-Alba, Jorge Enrique
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The International journal of risk & safety in medicine
Transdermal drug delivery has contributed positively to medical practice. However, prescriptions that do not meet minimum quality criteria and medication errors are common. The objective was to determine how transdermal patches are being prescribed to a group of patients in Colombia, the compliance with established requirements of such prescription...
Castrillon Spitia, Juan Daniel Agudelo Ramírez, Andrea Garzón Rojas, Andrés Felipe Arias Hernández, Catherine Trejos Rojas, Claudia Marcela Restrepo Gaviria, Maria Magdalena Trejos Ramírez, Mayra Alejandra Pacheco Gallego, Manuel Conrado
Introduction: In Colombia, there is limited data on the use of inhalers in patients with COPD. Objective: The objective was to describe the technique of using metered-dose inhalers and dry powder in patients in a Colombian hospital. Methods: Observational, descriptive study of patients over 40 years of age with COPD, treated in a hospital in La Vir...
Bajalan, Aya Bui, Tiina Salvadori, Gabriela Marques, Dalton Schumacher, Alison Rösing, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Dahle, Ulf Reidar Petersen, Fernanda Cristina Ricomini-Filho, Antônio Pedro Nicolau, Belinda Farias
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Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis is a major global threat and one of its biggest drivers is the overuse of antibiotics in humans. Dentists are responsible for 5-10% antibiotic prescriptions worldwide and recent data suggest that knowledge and prescribing practices need improvement. A cross-sectional web-survey was sent to dental students f...
Bailey, John Nafees, Sadia Bashir Gill, Simon Jones, Lucy Poole, Rob
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BJGP open
There are concerns about continuing increases in the number of patients prescribed long-term opioids and the prescribing of 'strong' opioids for chronic pain. Little is known about patients who are prescribed these long-term, high-dose drugs. To understand patterns of opioid prescribing that lead to long-term, high-dose use. A mixed-method study of...
