Endothelin-1 and endothelin receptor antagonists as potential cardiovascular therapeutic agents.

abstract：:We cared for a patient in whom iron dextran administration interfered with the determination of total serum calcium concentration. An unexpected elevation in serum phosphorus concentration also occurred after the iron dextran infusion. A MEDLINE search from 1966 to present was conducted, and the manufacturer of the ir...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Newsom L,Erstad BL,Nakazato PZ,Daller JA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become the most prevalent cause of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) in pediatric patients. This increase in MRSA is due to the rise in community-acquired MRSA. Therefore, it is important that clinicians are aware of the various and upcoming therapies that co...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： DeRonde KJ,Girotto JE,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin and unfractionated heparin have been in clinical use for more than 50 years. Both are effective anticoagulants, but their use is associated with a number of impediments, including the need for intensive coagulation monitoring, wide variation in dose-response relationships, multiple drug interactions (in the c...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Hawkins D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (CSVV) has been reported after exposure to direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban. OBJECTIVE:We used the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) to describe clinical characteristics associ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Mohamoud M,Horgan C,Eworuke E,Dee E,Bohn J,Shapira O,Munoz MA,Stojanovic D,Sansing-Foster V,Ajao A,La Grenade L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buspirone is the first of a new class of anxioselective agents, the azaspirodecanediones. It achieves peak serum concentrations within one hour and has a serum half-life of 2 to 5 hours. Animal studies have suggested antianxiety activity and the absence of abuse potential. Buspirone is both a dopamine agonist and anta...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Goldberg HL

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care-associated infections, especially those caused by multidrug-resistant gram-positive organisms, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are a growing public health threat. In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two new lipoglycopeptides, oritavancin and dalbavancin, for ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Roberts KD,Sulaiman RM,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of medication errors, as well as the severity of harm resulting from these errors, related to the prescription, transcription, preparation, and administration of parenteral nutrition formulations. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:471-bed, academic teaching ho...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Sacks GS,Rough S,Kudsk KA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized medicine has been a mainstay and in practice in transplant pharmacotherapy since the advent of the field. Decisions pertaining to the diagnosis, selection, and monitoring of transplant pharmacotherapy are aimed toward the individual, the allograft, and the overall immunologic needs of the patient. Recent ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Maldonado AQ,West-Thielke P,Joyal K,Marks CR

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well recognized that drug absorption from the gastrointestinal tract is influenced by gastric and intestinal motility, surface area available for absorption, and physicochemical properties of the drug. Disease and surgery have been shown to alter these factors. Consequently, drug absorption can be altered as wel...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gubbins PO,Bertch KE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of four equations based on serum creatinine concentration-the original Schwartz equation and the Leger, Bedside Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD), and Counahan-Barratt equations-for determining glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in pediatric patients with chronic kidney di...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Lee CK,Swinford RD,Cerda RD,Portman RJ,Hwang W,Furth SL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documents a pharmacokinetic interaction between carbamazepine and cyclosporine (CsA) in pediatric renal transplant recipients. Noncompartmental steady-state CsA pharmacokinetics were determined in three pediatric renal transplant recipients who were receiving both CsA and carbamazepine as long-term therapy ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Cooney GF,Mochon M,Kaiser B,Dunn SP,Goldsmith B

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are eligible for alteplase, especially those receiving ongoing anticoagulation. We describe the first reported case of a patient receiving full-dose intravenous (IV) alteplase for AIS after heparin reversal with protamine. A 73-year-old man presented with AIS. H...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Fontaine GV,Smith SM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared limited sampling methods (LSM) of estimating area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) based on a Bayesian regularized neural network, the Bayesian approach, and multiple forward stepwise regression models from selected concentration-time points. Plasma concentration versus time d...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Ng CM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various pharmacologic agents are available for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, including 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, commonly referred to as statins, which offer favorable lipid-lowering effects and reductions in morbidity and mortality. Statins are usually better toler...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Chong PH,Boskovich A,Stevkovic N,Bartt RE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet is an excellent source of drug and poison information. Despite the relative case and minimal costs associated with accessing the Internet, many pharmacists and other health care professionals have been slow to adopt this new technology. ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Marra CA,Lynd LD,McKerrow R,Carleton BC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) published an initial white paper on herbal products in 2000. Since then, the global market for natural products has continued to expand, with tens of millions of consumers using such products on an annual basis in the United States alone. However, despite this expansion...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gabay M,Smith JA,Chavez ML,Goldwire M,Walker S,Coon SA,Gosser R,Hume AL,Musselman M,Phillips J,Abe AM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a high-fat breakfast on single-dose, zidovudine (ZDV) pharmacokinetics. DESIGN:Open-label, randomized, crossover study. PATIENTS:Eighteen asymptomatic subjects (12 men, 6 women) infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (mean CD4 cell counts of 512 +/- 178/mm3). INTERV...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shelton MJ,Portmore A,Blum MR,Sadler BM,Reichman RC,Morse GD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexities of oral anticoagulation with warfarin have led to the search for more practical alternative agents. Novel direct factor IIa inhibitors and direct factor Xa inhibitors currently in development can be administered at a fixed dose and do not require routine coagulation monitoring and ongoing dosage adjus...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Wittkowsky AK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and costs associated with a formulary conversion from amlodipine to alternative calcium channel blockers. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Veterans Affairs Medical Center. PATIENTS:One hundred patients with hypertension who were receiving amlodipine. INTERVE...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Parra D,Beckey NP,Korman L

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To quantify the relative risk of cardiovascular events associated with microalbuminuria in patients with both diabetes mellitus and hypertension. DESIGN:A structured literature search from January 1990-December 2002 using MEDLINE, IPA, and CINAHL. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:We identified original s...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Park HY,Schumock GT,Pickard AS,Akhras K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the impact of penicillin versus alternative β-lactams on clinical outcomes in patients with penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (PSSA) bacteremia. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENTS:Adult patients with PSSA bacteremia treated with a β-lactam a...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shah MD,Wardlow LC,Stevenson KB,Coe KE,Reed EE

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of mild-to-moderate induced hypothermia-a neuroprotectant and/or therapeutic strategy for the management of intracranial hypertension in neurologically injured patients-on the pharmacokinetics of aminoglycoside therapy. DESIGN:Pharmacokinetic analysis. SETTING:Critical care un...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Mercer JM,Neyens RR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-blockers are an important cardiovascular drug class, recommended as first-line treatment of numerous diseases such as heart failure, hypertension, and angina, as well as treatment after myocardial infarction. However, responses to a beta-blocker are variable among patients. Results of numerous studies now suggest...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shin J,Johnson JA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid prescribing by dentists for older patients receiving medications with potential contraindications and the subsequent impact on acute care outcomes is not well described. OBJECTIVES:Our objective of this paper was to evaluate the use of potentially inappropriate medication combinations (PIMCs) involvi...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Zhou J,Calip GS,Rowan S,McGregor JC,Perez RI,Evans CT,Gellad WF,Suda KJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers, nitrates, and beta blockers are the primary agents used for the treatment of angina. Calcium has a central role in excitation-contraction, action potential generation, and ischemic cell death. The three currently available calcium antagonists are nifedipine, verapamil, and diltiazem. Second-g...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Angaran D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is a synthetic fibrinolytic protein which activates plasminogen or converts plasminogen to plasmin specifically in the presence of fibrin. With its "clot-selectivity", t-PA is capable of lysing clots without having a significant effect on circulating plasminogen. In cont...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Rogers SD,Riemersma LB,Clements SD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to determine physician prescribing patterns of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in patients who experienced a myocardial infarction, stratified by left ventricular function. We retrospectively reviewed drug therapy at discharge in 534 patients to assess prescription of ACE inhibitor therapy,...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Luzier AB,Navsarikar A,Wilson MF,Ashai K,Forrest A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting lipid-lowering therapy in the hospital, especially with statins, has become an important component in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). It improves outcomes and increases patient motivation and long-term adherence. In addition, discontinuation of statin therapy in patients with A...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Paradiso-Hardy FL,Gordon WL,Jackevicius CA,Kertland HR,Pearson GJ,Pickering JL,Poirier L,Semchuk BM,Verret L

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains the major obstacle for successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The frequency of grade II or higher acute GVHD ranges from 30-50% in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling transplants and 50-80% in HLA-matched unrelated transplants. The mortality an...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Tse JC,Moore TB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate, a folic acid antagonist, is being employed more frequently in an attempt to control rheumatoid arthritis that has not responded adequately to conventional therapies. Systemic administration of 7.5-15 mg weekly in a pulse fashion appears to be effective without precipitating serious adverse effects. Conce...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Miller DR,Letendre PW,DeJong DJ,Fiechtner JJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00