scholarly journals Specific features of rational geriatric pharmacotherapy: the role of clinical pharmacists in individualized drug treatment in older age

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 1028-1037
Author(s):  
Daniela Fialová
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Clinical Pharmacists ◽  
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Antihypertensive Drug Treatment and Circadian Blood Pressure Rhythm: A Review of the Role of Chronotherapy in Hypertension

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Schillaci ◽  
Francesca Battista ◽  
Laura Settimi ◽  
Luca Schillaci ◽  
Giacomo Pucci
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Antihypertensive Drug ◽  
Circadian Blood Pressure ◽  
Antihypertensive Drug Treatment

The role of detoxification using methadone reduction in a drug treatment service

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Day ◽  
Kaye Fisher ◽  
Jacqueline Watson ◽  
Omar Al‐Gommer ◽  
Thomas McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Treatment Service

scholarly journals The role of herpesviruses 6 and 7 in the development of chronic fatigue syndrome: a review of literature and description of clinical cases

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
V. V. Tsaryk ◽  
A. K. Novoskoltsev
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Fibromyalgia Syndrome ◽  
Immune Dysfunction ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Herpesvirus Infection ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome

At the issue represented the etiopathogenesis of the chronic fatigue syndrome of (CFS) with immune dysfunction. Many doctors consider this problem only from the point of view of non-psychological disorders requiring only psycho-correction and non-drug treatment. However, syndromocomplex of CFS includes not only neuropsychiatric disorders, but also fibromyalgia syndrome, unexplained genesis, lymphadenopathy, non-specific polyarthralgias. It is also controversial about the feasibility of treating type 6 herpesviruses and type 7 viruses. Some authors consider the need for antiviral therapy only when reactivating the herpesvirus infection, in the transplantation of organs and tissues. However, for frequent HHV-7 and HHV-6 viremia remains resistant to ganciclovir, unlike CMV and EBV, which is successfully controlled by viremia.

scholarly journals RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF MEDICATION ERRORS IN PEDIATRIC INPATIENTS: THE ROLE OF CLINICAL PHARMACISTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 438-446
Keyword(s):  
Medication Errors ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Dose Calculation ◽  
Medical Setting ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Proper Action ◽  
Clinical Pharmacists ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Introduction: Medication errors (MEs) are considered preventable errors that may occur frequently during the treatment process with or without patient harm in addition to their economic consequence. MEs occur during prescribing, dose calculation, dispensing, or administration of medicine which could be made by any healthcare professional as a physician, pharmacist or nurse, or by the patient himself. Objective: To detect and report MEs in pediatric inpatients’ medical records and potentially preventing these MEs by making recommendations/suggestions for healthcare professionals about the proper action needed to be taken. Methods: This was a prospective observational study, in which the medical records of admitted pediatric patients to Ibn Al-Atheer Teaching Hospital, Nineveh were reviewed to detect, report, and prevent MEs between the 1st of January and the 30th of June 2019. Results: Out of 6964 medical records reviewed by clinical pharmacists during the study period, 119 MEs were reported to healthcare professionals and prevented. 83% of detected MEs were dosing errors. The results of the Chi-square analysis showed that the highest percentage of dosing errors were associated with antibiotics (p=0.0493). Furthermore, the results of Chi-square analysis showed that the highest percentage of dosing errors were seen in infants and toddlers (p=0.011). Conclusion: This study highlighted the role of clinical pharmacists in recognizing, reporting and preventing MEs which are still occurring in every medical setting. Dosing errors were the most commonly occurring errors and antibiotics were the most frequent group of medicines involved in MEs.

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