Falsely decreased total serum calcium concentration associated with iron dextran injection.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of acarbose on glycemic control and glycemic variability, using a continuous glucose-monitoring system, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were not well controlled on metformin and vildagliptin therapy. DESIGN:Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled s...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Derosa G,Franzetti I,Querci F,D'Angelo A,Maffioli P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarithromycin is rarely reported to cause disturbances in anticoagulation. Theoretically, clarithromycin administered concurrently with warfarin could result in enhanced anticoagulation, since many properties of clarithromycin are similar to those of erythromycin, which interacts with warfarin. A search of the Nation...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Oberg KC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depression afflicts a significant percentage of the population, and optimum therapy is often limited by the poor tolerability and lethality in overdose of the tricyclic antidepressants. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) fluoxetine, sertraline, and, more recently, paroxetine are viewed as welcom...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Nemeroff CB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the illicit use of specific prescription stimulants among college students and add to our understanding of reasons (motives) and routes of administration associated with illicit use of these drugs. METHODS:A random sample of 4580 college students self-administered a Web-based survey. The survey c...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Teter CJ,McCabe SE,LaGrange K,Cranford JA,Boyd CJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns about cross-allergenicity between sulfonamide antibiotics and nonantibiotic, sulfonamide-containing drugs persist and can complicate patients' drug therapy unnecessarily. No interaction between the human immune system and the sulfonamide functional group has been demonstrated. The immunologic determinant of t...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Brackett CC,Singh H,Block JH

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:This commentary from the 2010 Task Force on Acute Care Practice Model of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy was developed to compare and contrast the "unit-based" and "service-based" orientation of the clinical pharmacist within an acute care pharmacy practice model and to offer an informed opinion concerning w...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： American College of Clinical Pharmacy.,Haas CE,Eckel S,Arif S,Beringer PM,Blake EW,Lardieri AB,Lobo BL,Mercer JM,Moye P,Orlando PL,Wargo K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of eosinophilic pneumonia due to ceftaroline used for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia associated with a postoperative spinal infection. Our patient developed shortness of breath and hypoxemia on the fifth week of ceftaroline therapy. Chest imaging disclosed dif...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Desai KR,Burdette SD,Polenakovik HM,Hagaman J,Pleiman CM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there have been many updates in hormonal emergency contraception. Levonorgestrel emergency contraception has been available for several years to prevent pregnancy when used within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure, and it was recently approved for nonprescription status f...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shrader SP,Hall LN,Ragucci KR,Rafie S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for measuring the efficacy of a single dose of an analgesic for 12 hours after administration to outpatients with postoperative oral surgery pain. Using a self-rating record, patients evaluate their pain and its relief for 12 hours after medication. We have used this method successfully in a...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Beaver WT,Forbes JA,Shackleford RW

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction, a problem estimated to affect up to 30 million American men, is associated with a number of systemic illnesses and drugs. Age is not thought to be an independent risk factor for the disorder, but accompanying illnesses and their treatments may contribute to its onset. Newer classes of antihyperte...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Barksdale JD,Gardner SF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and describe the scope of practice that characterizes the critical care pharmacist and critical care pharmacy services. Specifically, the goals were to define the level of clinical practice and specialized skills characterizing the critical care pharmacist as clinician, educator, researcher, and m...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors：

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who suffer an acute ischemic stroke are at risk for both hemorrhagic transformation and recurrent ischemic stroke in the acute post-stroke period. Oral anticoagulants are recommended for secondary stroke prevention in patients with AF. The optimal time to initiate anticoagulant t...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Smythe MA,Parker D,Garwood CL,Cuker A,Messé SR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypharmacy has been found to have potentially negative consequences for patients due to use of potentially inappropriate medications, as well as increased risk of drug interactions and adverse effects. Deprescribing has been proposed as a method of improving medication use throughout a patient's course of care. This...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Bemben NM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass may develop clinically significant physiologic alterations in the perioperative period, including alteration of thyroid hormone concentrations. Alterations in the concentration of thyroid hormones are of concern due to the effects of these hormones on cardiac function. Hypoth...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Reichert MG,Verzino KC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel is a novel antineoplastic that effects cytotoxicity by promoting intracellular tubulin polymerization and stabilizes abnormal microtubule structures against depolymerization. Although its clinical development had been hampered by misconceptions about its pharmacology, its scarcity, difficulties extracting i...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Kohler DR,Goldspiel BR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients enrolled in a fixed-dose clinical trial of oral ciprofloxacin had trough concentrations measured to document absorption and monitor compliance. The objective was to determine whether any demographic characteristics might be important predictors of the concentrations. Stepwise multivariate linear regression re...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Paladino JA,Forrest A,Wilton JH

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop and evaluate a peer review group (PRG) meeting using feedback data on a patient level to improve the quality of drug therapy for prevention of recurrent myocardial infarction. DESIGN:Prospective follow-up study. DATA SOURCE:General practitioners' computerized patients records (intervention ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： van der Elst ME,Bouvy ML,de Blaey CJ,de Boer A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to determine if an association exists between vancomycin serum concentrations resulting from traditional dosing regimens, and efficacy and toxicity outcomes. We reviewed the medical charts of 273 consecutive patients prescribed 273 courses of vancomycin therapy for documented, gram-positive bacteremia. Of...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Zimmermann AE,Katona BG,Plaisance KI

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:A 37-year-old Hispanic man with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed extensive pulmonary disease with persistent cough, fever, night sweats, worsening dyspnea, and weight loss. Sputum samples showed scant growth of acid-fast bacilli. He failed to respond to the standard tuberculosis regimen of isoniaz...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Kang-Birken SL,Prichard JG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agitation in the elderly, manifested by verbal and physical aggression, frequently results in increased morbidity and mortality for nursing home residents and reduced morale for the family and nursing home staff. It is also responsible for increased costs associated with caring for these residents. Pharmacologic inter...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Grossman F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins have been shown to relax the smooth muscle of the ductus arteriosus in the fetus in utero. This physiologic action has been applied to the management of newborn infants with certain types of congenital malformations. Infants with lesions producing right ventricular outflow obstruction have a compromised...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Heymann MA,Clyman RI

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of acetaminophen, naproxen, and acetylsalicylic acid on the pharmacokinetics of the centrally acting analgesic tapentadol in healthy subjects. DESIGN:Two randomized, open-label, crossover, drug-drug interaction studies. SETTING:Clinical research facilities in the United States ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Smit JW,Oh C,Rengelshausen J,Terlinden R,Ravenstijn PG,Wang SS,Upmalis D,Mangold B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the use and safety of concurrent administration of voriconazole and sirolimus-which is contraindicated-and to determine approaches for appropriately managing patients who receive both drugs. DESIGN:Retrospective medical record review. SETTING:University-affiliated medical center. PATIENTS:...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Surowiec D,DePestel DD,Carver PL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, there is perceived pressure to achieve therapeutic levels of tacrolimus quickly after heart transplant (HT). We evaluated the association between time within therapeutic tacrolimus range and time to therapeutic trough and rejection in the 30 days following HT. METHODS:This is a single-center r...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Baker WL,Steiger S,Martin S,Patel N,Radojevic J,Darsaklis K,O'Bara L,Kutzler H,Dougherty J,Feingold A,Hammond J,Fusco D,Gluck JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) from peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). DESIGN:Prospective, observational, pharmacovigilance study. SETTING:Gastroenterology department of a French university hospital. PATIENTS:A cohort of conse...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Bagheri H,Fouladi A,Barange K,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Payen JL,Montastruc JL,Vinel JP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of atorvastatin on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) particle size and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. Another objective was to compare the effects of atorvastatin on lipoprotein profiles as determined by direct ver...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Dornbrook-Lavender KA,Joy MS,Denu-Ciocca CJ,Chin H,Hogan SL,Pieper JA

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare clinical and safety outcomes of warfarin therapy before and after implementation of a novel patient self-management (PSM) program in which patients received their venipuncture-derived international normalized ratio (INR) results through a secure online messaging system and adjusted their warf...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Simmons BJ,Jenner KM,Delate T,Clark NP,Kurz D,Witt DM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00