Prospective validation of an optimal sparse plasma-sampling strategy for estimating ciprofloxacin pharmacokinetics.

abstract：:Levonorgestrel implants (Norplant) are an alternative to oral contraceptives and medroxyprogesterone acetate intramuscular injections. An interaction may exist between levonorgestrel and agents that induce the hepatic microsomal enzyme system. A 21-year-old woman with a history of a seizure disorder, treated with phen...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Shane-McWhorter L,Cerveny JD,MacFarlane LL,Osborn C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 25-year-old man with metastatic testicular teratocarcinoma became resistant to atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade as evidenced by train-of-four (TOF) monitoring combined with clinical assessment. Subsequently he had an adequate response with a standard dosage of pancuronium. During the firs...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Tschida SJ,Hoey LL,Nahum A,Vance-Bryan K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) values longitudinally in patients who newly started metformin, sulfonylurea, or thiazolidinedione monotherapy; in a subset of patients whose A1C values were 7% or greater before starting therapy (baseline) and who achieved A1C goal (A1C < 7%) during therapy, rat...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Riedel AA,Heien H,Wogen J,Plauschinat CA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast medium-induced nephrotoxicity (CMN) is a common form of iatrogenic acute renal failure. Typically, patients experience changes in serum creatinine or creatinine clearance between 1 and 5 days after exposure to a contrast medium, but they rarely require dialysis. The mechanism for CMN is not understood, but re...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Gerlach AT,Pickworth KK

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target drug programs and medication use evaluations are activities that are undertaken to improve the correct use of drugs. These programs should focus on inappropriate drug use, drug use problems, optimizing use of drugs, and improving the level of patient care. To monitor the effects of the programs, several types o...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Hekster YA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of the integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection began with raltegravir in 2007. Since that time, several other INSTIs have been introduced including elvitegravir, dolutegravir, and, most recently, bictegravir, that have shown great utility ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Brooks KM,Sherman EM,Egelund EF,Brotherton A,Durham S,Badowski ME,Cluck DB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to determine if a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation monitoring service (AMS) improved the outcomes of patients receiving warfarin in a family practice setting and was cost effective in treating and preventing thromboembolic disorders. A retrospective chart review was performed ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Wilt VM,Gums JG,Ahmed OI,Moore LM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between two widely used, generic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures, Short Form-12 (SF-12) and EuroQol's EQ-5D, and potentially inappropriate drug use in an elderly cohort. DESIGN:Longitudinal retrospective cohort study. DATA SOURCE:Medical Expenditure Pane...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Franic DM,Jiang JZ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin is considered a high-risk drug because of its narrow therapeutic window, variability in dose response, and multitude of drug and food interactions. Although travel advice is available for patients who are taking warfarin, it is geared toward patients who are traveling to developed countries and tends to be la...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Truong T,Armor BL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common form of valvular heart disease. A detailed diagnostic workup is necessary to promptly stage and classify disease severity to determine optimal management. Medical therapy and valvuloplasty are options that fail to delay or reverse disease progression. Surgical aortic valve repla...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Kalich BA,Allender JE,Hollis IB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with right deep venous thrombosis secondary to trauma was treated with subcutaneous enoxaparin. Within minutes of administering the first dose (1 mg/kg), he experienced an apparent anaphylactoid reaction; symptoms were abdominal pruritus, severe cough, shortness of breath, anxiety...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： MacLaughlin EJ,Fitzpatrick KT,Sbar E,Jewell C

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of enoxaparin therapy in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:Level III NICU in a Canadian academic center. PATIENTS:All neonates treated with enoxaparin while in the NICU between January 1, 1998, and June 1, 2006. ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Malowany JI,Knoppert DC,Chan AK,Pepelassis D,Lee DS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the cost-effectiveness of intravenous plus oral amiodarone, atrial septal pacing, and both strategies combined to prevent atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery. Secondary objectives were to compare the cost-effectiveness of amiodarone versus no amiodarone and of pacing versus no pacin...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Reddy P,Kalus JS,Caron MF,Horowitz S,Karapanos A,Coleman CI,Kluger J,White CM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading gram-negative organisms associated with nosocomial infections. The increasing frequency of multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRPA) strains is concerning as efficacious antimicrobial options are severely limited. By searching MEDLINE from January 1966-February 20...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Obritsch MD,Fish DN,MacLaren R,Jung R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL), which is a subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, are relatively uncommon lymphoproliferative types of cancer. These malignancies are highly curable with initial treatment. Nonetheless, some patients are refractory to or relapse after first- and seco...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Newland AM,Li JX,Wasco LE,Aziz MT,Lowe DK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synercid (RP 59500), the first injectable streptogramin antibiotic, is composed of two semisynthetic pristinamycin derivatives, quinupristin and dalfopristin. Individually, each component has bacteriostatic activity against staphylococci and streptococci, but together, the agents exhibit synergy, leading to bactericid...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Delgado G Jr,Neuhauser MM,Bearden DT,Danziger LH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, patient safety issues during care transitions have gained greater attention at both the local and national level. Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adverse drug events (ADEs) caused by an incomplete understanding of changes in complex ...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： American College of Clinical Pharmacy.,Hume AL,Kirwin J,Bieber HL,Couchenour RL,Hall DL,Kennedy AK,LaPointe NM,Burkhardt CD,Schilli K,Seaton T,Trujillo J,Wiggins B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy including protease inhibitors such as ritonavir has added significant potency to therapy for human immunodeficiency viral (HIV) infection as well as substantial drug-drug interactions. Methadone metabolism is affected by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitors or inducers. Because riton...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Geletko SM,Erickson AD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction require immediate reperfusion therapy. Reperfusion therapy can be provided by either pharmacologic or mechanical means. Pharmacologic reperfusion therapy consists of administering fibrinolytics, whereas mechanical reperfusion consists of performing percuta...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Dobesh PP,Kasiar JB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the antiemetic effectiveness and safety of oral granisetron plus dexamethasone with those of oral ondansetron plus dexamethasone administered before emetogenic chemotherapy. DESIGN:Randomized, prospective, multicenter, open-label study. SETTINGS:University-teaching hospital and veterans he...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Herrington JD,Kwan P,Young RR,Lagow E,Lagrone L,Riggs MW

更新日期：2000-11-01 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 Institute of Medicine has identified adverse drug events as factors that significantly contribute to increased patient morbidity and mortality. As critically ill patients receive numerous drugs to treat a multitude of complicated health problems, they are at high risk for adverse drug events. Sedation is often a k...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Corbett SM,Montoya ID,Moore FA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the introduction of penicillin G into therapeutics, bacteria became increasingly resistant to this penicillin and subsequent beta-lactam antibiotics. The major cause of this resistance is beta-lactamase, an enzyme produced by the bacterium, that destroys the antibiotic before it reaches its target within the bac...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Jackson D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

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 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：:Severe thermal injury is associated with hypermetabolism and hypercatabolism, leading to skeletal muscle breakdown, lean body mass loss, weight loss, and negative nitrogen balance. Muscle protein catabolism in patients with severe thermal injury is the result of stress-induced increased release of cytokines and counte...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Miller JT,Btaiche IF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bedaquiline is a diarylquinoline antitubercular drug with a novel mechanism of action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bedaquiline works by inhibiting bacterial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase and represents the first novel class of antituberculosis agents in more than 40 years. Bedaquiline is indicated for t...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Worley MV,Estrada SJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of withholding continuous enteral nutrition for 1 hour before and after warfarin administration compared with the coadministration of warfarin with continuous enteral nutrition on changes in international normalized ratios (INRs). DESIGN:Retrospective, crossover case series. SE...

journal_title：Pharmacotherapy

authors： Dickerson RN,Garmon WM,Kuhl DA,Minard G,Brown RO

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00