Evaluation of serum creatinine concentration-based glomerular filtration rate equations in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease.

abstract：:In a 10-year (1979-1988) follow-up study of young insulin-dependent diabetics carried out at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, the frequency of hospitalization for hypoglycemia remained constant. During the early years only animal insulins were available; during the latter years, human insulins were used in a m...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Jick SS,Derby LE,Gross KM,Jick H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the microbiologic and clinical outcomes of patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates over a 2-year period. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. SETTING:Tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Twenty-one patients with cultures of confirmed ESBL-producing Escheric...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Burgess DS,Hall RG 2nd,Lewis JS 2nd,Jorgensen JH,Patterson JE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two drugs commonly used in triple-drug therapy for treatment of a Helicobacter pylori infection, clarithromycin and omeprazole, have rarely been associated with hypoglycemia when given alone. No documented interactions between H. pylori treatment with clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and omeprazole and insulin detemir hav...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Otsuka SH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral anticoagulation with warfarin requires routine monitoring of prothrombin time, expressed as the international normalized ratio (INR). Patient self-testing for INR is common in Europe but not in the United States. In order to determine the frequency of INR self-testing among patients whose anticoagulant therapy is...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Wittkowsky AK,Sekreta CM,Nutescu EA,Ansell J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotoxicity due to tacrolimus is documented infrequently in the medical literature. Sinus bradycardia associated with intravenous tacrolimus occurred in a 15-year-old orthotopic liver transplant recipient. The mechanism of this adverse effect is unknown; however, it does not appear to be concentration dependent, an...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Cox TH,Baillie GM,Baliga P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of valganciclovir 450 mg/day for 6 months for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients. DESIGN:Single-center, retrospective analysis. SETTING:Urban, academic medical center. PATIENTS:Fifty-eight patients who received de novo renal transplant...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gabardi S,Magee CC,Baroletti SA,Powelson JA,Cina JL,Chandraker AK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical pharmacists must often interpret and use data derived from observational studies when making clinical decisions and recommendations, answering drug information questions, and educating patients about drug therapy. This is the third article in a three-part series intended to enhance clinical pharmacists' under...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shields KM,DiPietro NA,Kier KL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the effectiveness of bivalirudin and argatroban in achieving anticoagulation goals and to compare clinical outcomes assessing the safety and efficacy in patients with known or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). DESIGN:Single-center, retrospective analysis. SETTING:Large tert...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Skrupky LP,Smith JR,Deal EN,Arnold H,Hollands JM,Martinez EJ,Micek ST

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telavancin is a once-daily lipoglycopeptide antibiotic structurally derived from vancomycin. It has broad-spectrum activity against gram-positive bacteria, including strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. Telavancin's multifunctional mechanism of action, including inhibition of peptidoglycan synthesis and ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Leonard SN,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if development of acneiform rash is a predictor of objective response rate with lapatinib. DESIGN:Subanalysis of data from a prospective, phase II study. SETTING:Academic breast care clinic. PATIENTS:Forty-nine treatment-naïve patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Parma J,Pavlick A,Schiff R,Osborne CK,Chang JC,Rimawi M,Trivedi MV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To characterize the steady-state pharmacokinetics of intravenous levetiracetam in neurocritical care patients requiring seizure prophylaxis after a neurologic injury and to determine which dosing regimens achieve serum concentrations within the recommended therapeutic range of 6-20 μg/ml. DESIGN. Prosp...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Spencer DD,Jacobi J,Juenke JM,Fleck JD,Kays MB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available anesthetic induction agents provide adequate hypnosis but are not ideal, particularly in the high risk patient (ASA class III-V), because most cause myocardial and/or respiratory depression and some have other important side effects. Etomidate was recently marketed as an intravenous anesthetic indu...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Giese JL,Stanley TH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by yeasts and molds continue to be associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Many antifungal drugs have been developed over the past 15 years to aid in the management of these infections. However, treatment is still not optimal, as t...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Mohr J,Johnson M,Cooper T,Lewis JS,Ostrosky-Zeichner L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Kidney Foundation developed and oversees the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative, a process that develops clinical practice guidelines in nephrology. Recent guidelines address the evaluation, classification, and stratification of chronic kidney disease (CKD). These guidelines provide, for the first...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Bailie GR,Uhlig K,Levey AS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of rifampin's induction of warfarin metabolism is well documented, but no published studies or case reports have quantified this interaction with respect to the international normalized ratio (INR). A patient receiving concomitant rifampin and warfarin to treat a mycobacterial infection and i...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Lee CR,Thrasher KA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is an idiosyncratic and uncommon but serious adverse effect that has been reported with both typical and atypical antipsychotic agents. We describe a 58-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia who was receiving low-dose olanzapine and rivastigmine therapy; he developed NMS 4 m...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Stevens DL,Lee MR,Padua Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) has a high mortality rate and is one of the most common neurologic emergencies. Fast progression of this neurologic emergency and lack of response to traditional antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in most cases has challenged clinicians to use new agents. This article evaluates the efficacy and safety ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Farrokh S,Bon J,Erdman M,Tesoro E

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic kidney disease experienced a major bleeding event, retroperitoneal hematoma, requiring a blood transfusion after the administration of enoxaparin. The first patient was a 61-year-old Caucasian woman with multiple comorbidities, including chronic kidney disease stage 4. She received subcutaneo...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Malik A,Capling R,Bastani B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin deficiency is a hypercoagulable state that can increase the risk for thrombosis, especially in the presence of other procoagulant triggers. Unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparins may not provide effective anticoagulation since they require antithrombin for activity. Direct thrombin inhib...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Dager WE,Gosselin RC,Owings JT

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the frequency and type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among healthy volunteers participating in research, and to investigate the potential for interactions between commonly used CAM modalities and various drugs. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation. SETTING:University gener...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Welder GJ,Wessel TR,Arant CB,Schofield RS,Zineh I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the knowledge, attitudes, and interest of an inner-city population toward pharmacogenetic testing, with the primary objective of identifying facilitators and barriers toward pharmacogenetic testing; and secondary objectives of determining predictors of patient interest in pharmacogenetic testing a...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Lee YM,Manzoor BS,Cavallari LH,Nutescu EA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of weight-management medications used to assist with weight loss in real-world clinical practice in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). DESIGN:Retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort study. DATA SOURCE:National VA Corporate Data Warehouse. PATIENTS:A total ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Grabarczyk TR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two analyses were conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of different intravenous immunoglobulin (IGIV) formulations: IGIV purified by caprylate precipitation and chromatography (IGIV-C) and IGIV manufactured by an older solvent-detergent method (IGIV-S/D). The results indicated that IGIV-C is associated with cos...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Mahadevia PJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, eliciting extensive research on both the disease process and its treatment. Regardless of diabetes type, the progressive nature of the disease makes insulin the long-term mainstay of diabetes management. Recently, the insulin analog glargine was reported in...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Edwards KL,Riche DM,Stroup JS,Goldman-Levine JD,Padiyara RS,Cross LB,Kane MP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether low doses of phenytoin, which should be associated with few dose-related side effects, may increase the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Of 35 healthy adult men who consented to participate, 31 completed the study. They took no medications and consumed no alcohol during the stu...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： McKenney JM,Petrizzi KS,Briggs GC,Wright JT Jr

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To contrast the characteristics of two groups of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users-those with versus those without AAS dependence. DESIGN:Subanalysis of data from the Anabolic 500, a cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred twelve male AAS-dependent users and 367 AAS-nondependent users w...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Ip EJ,Lu DH,Barnett MJ,Tenerowicz MJ,Vo JC,Perry PJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of alfuzosin treatment on rate and time of stone expulsion in patients with uncomplicated distal ureteral stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled study. Patients > 18 years of age presenting to the outpatient urology clinic with uncompl...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： El Said NO,El Wakeel L,Kamal KM,Morad Ael R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addressing the issue of unintended pregnancy is a national priority. One proposed strategy to reduce unintended pregnancy is to improve access to oral contraceptives by changing them to over-the-counter (OTC) status. Existing data indicate that oral contraceptives meet safety criteria required of OTC products. Availab...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： McIntosh J,Rafie S,Wasik M,McBane S,Lodise NM,El-Ibiary SY,Forinash A,Kachlic MD,Rowe E,Besinque K

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic goals for atrial fibrillation (AF) include ventricular rate control, stroke prevention, conversion to normal sinus rhythm, and maintenance of normal sinus rhythm. The optimal strategy of rate versus rhythm control for acute management of patients with AF is a continuing debate. However, selected patients m...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Slavik RS,Zed PJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torsade de pointes is a rare but potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmia that is often triggered by drugs that prolong the rate-corrected QT (QTc) interval. This arrhythmia has been attributed to levacetylmethadol and methadone, synthetic opioids used to treat heroin addiction. Levacetylmethadol, a derivative of meth...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Krantz MJ,Garcia JA,Mehler PS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00