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Showing 1 to 20 of 839 for “"medications"”.
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Attitudes and Knowledge of Nurses Regarding Herbal Medications
… generalization can be made. Consumers use herbal medications to reduce health care costs. Knowledge of herbal medications can prevent dangerous interactions with prescription medications.
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Commonly used medications and survival from ovarian cancer
… D during the year after diagnosis. Use of the medications of interest (statins, antihypertensives [including angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs), beta blockers (BBs), calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and thiazide diuretics (TDs)]) was defined as two or more fills for a given …
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Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications among African Americans Adults
… describe adherence to antihypertensive medications among African Americans adults aged 35 to 65 years in south Los Angeles.</p> <p><strong>Study Aims:</strong> <em>Aim 1:</em> Describe patient sociodemographic factors (age, gender, education, insurance, employment, living arrangement and …
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Identification in the Preparation and Administration of Medications
… A total of 688 patient contacts and 933 prepared medications were observed and tabulated. The tool of research used to collect data was an observation check sheet developed for this study.</p> <p>The data collected were analyzed under two broad categories: (1) medication identification, and (2) …
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Reducing Medication Errors by Systematically Monitoring High-Risk Medications
… Errors by Systematically Monitoring High-Risk Medications</p> <p>The project is performed in a pulmonary outpatient clinic, with a patient population of mostly men 60-80 years old with severe abnormal lung findings and often with multiple comorbidities. The clinic is staffed by pulmonary …
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Examining How Non-Antifungal Medications Impact Host-Fungal Interactions
… has been overlooked is the influence of other medications taken by the patient on the fungal pathogen itself. This is especially pertinent due to the fundamental similarities between fungal and mammalian cells as eukaryotic organisms, fungi and mammals share similar cell biology and highly …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medications among Obese Smokers
… between the two FDA-approved smoking cessation medications during: a) 3 months, b) 6 months, and c) 12 months of follow up period. Hypothesis (Ha): Obese smokers using bupropion experience lesser weight gain compared to those obese smokers using varenicline during a)3, b)6, and c)12 month …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medications among Schizophrenic Smokers
… did not find any differences between cessation medications after 12 weeks and 1 year of cessation treatment. Other predictors we found that were associated with quitting included being older, white, whose residential area was in the west part of U.S., and without smoking counseling. Patients who …
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Psychotropic Medications and Children: Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals
… perspectives on the prescription of psychotropic medications to children. It emphasizes the placement of biomedicine within its larger social, economic, and political context, and the influence these structures have on the way mental illness is conceptualized and treated in children. Eight …
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Lymphocytopenia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease on immunosuppressive medications
Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine (AZA/6MP) are effective immunosuppressives commonly used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The mercaptopurine metabolites, 6-thioguanine (6TG) and 6-methylmercaptopurine ribonucleotides (6MMP), have been suggested as surrogate markers of the …
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Placental P-glycoprotein: Role in disposition of medications administered during pregnancy
… role in regulating the placental distribution of medications used during pregnancy. P-gp expression and transport activity were defined in brush border membrane vesicles prepared from human placenta of various gestational ages. The expression and transport activity of P-gp declined progressively …
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Psychosocial Processes Influencing Weight Management Among Persons Newly Prescribed Atypical Antipsychotic Medications
… persons newly prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications. RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What influences weight management in persons with first-episode psychosis who are newly prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications? 2. How is weight management facilitated in persons with first-episode …
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Developing individualized ground testing protocols for use of sleep medications in spaceflight
… time are markedly reduced for astronauts. Sleep medications are used by astronauts during space mission for sleep. Spaceflight is an environment where abrupt alarm awakening is always a possibility and during that time high cognitive function and performance may be needed to prevent loss of life …
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Medications in Lady Audley's Secret: Medicine as Historical Symbol and Literary Device
… their appearance in the text, I argue that the medications in <em>Lady Audley’s Secret</em> are historical and material objects that the novel uses a both a narrative device and a symbol of Victorian uncertainty about medical authority and madness.</p>
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Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Adherence to Antidiabetic Medications Among Low-Income Adults
… sequelae. Uninterrupted therapy on antidiabetic medications can postpone or prevent the damaging and costly complications associated with the progression of diabetes; however, many low-income individuals face significant barriers adhering to drug regimens. Medicaid, the primary source of health …
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Patient Centered Care Approach to Adherence with Cardiovascular Medications: Self-Determination Theory Integration
… improved cardiac patients' adherence to CVD medications.</p>
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Prevalence, Predictors and Healthcare Impact of Anticholinergic Medications Use in Elderly Dementia Patients
… to determine the association of anticholinergic medications use and HRQoL with dependent variables as Physical component score (PCS) and Mental component score (MCS). The primary independent variable was the use of anticholinergic drugs (ADS level-1, 2 or 3). Predisposing, enabling, and need …
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Multiple Memory Systems in People With Schizophrenia: Possible Effect of Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications
… treated with one of several antipsychotic medications that differ from one another in the areas of the brain they affect including the dorsal striatum, a subcortical section of the forebrain, and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), located in the anterior part of the frontal lobes. Two different …
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Making medication adherence decisions: Stories from older adults taking medications for congestive heart failure
More than half of all CHF patients do not take medications as prescribed, resulting in substantial negative health outcomes. Research has shown that medication adherence may be more a consequence of individual decisions rather than the ability to follow prescribed regimens, yet very little is known …
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