Pharmacy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pharmacy, including details on drug stores, prescriptions, health care.

Volume 3 (2007), Issue 8 (August)

1. Breast cancer incidence, 1980-2006: combined roles of menopausal hormone therapy, screening mammography, and estrogen receptor status.
   J Natl Cancer Inst, 99(15): 1152-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Clinical staff resource use with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in acute postoperative pain management: results from a multicenter, prospective, observational study.
   J Perianesth Nurs, 22(4): 243-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies.
   Pediatrics, 120(2): e225-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Patients' health literacy and experience with instructions: influence preferences for heart failure medication instructions.
   J Aging Health, 19(4): 575-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Cerebro- and cardiovascular conditions in adults with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic medications.
   Hum Psychopharmacol, 22(6): 361-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. 1st meeting on topical drug delivery to the nail.
   Expert Opin Drug Deliv, 4(4): 453-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Diabetes care in hospitalized noncritically ill patients: More evidence for clinical inertia and negative therapeutic momentum.
   J Hosp Med, 2(4): 203-211. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection associated with contaminated intravenous magnesium sulfate from a compounding pharmacy.
   Clin Infect Dis, 45(5): 527-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Pharmacy residents' attitudes toward pharmaceutical industry promotion.
   Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(16): 1724-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Room-temperature storage of medications labeled for refrigeration.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(16): 1711-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Strategic approach for improving the medication-use process in health systems: the high-performance pharmacy practice framework.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(16): 1699-710. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Venous thrombosis in the elderly: more questions than answers.
    Blood. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Patient, physician, pharmacy, and pharmacy benefit design factors related to generic medication use.
    J Gen Intern Med, 22(9): 1298-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Determinants of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1-infected patients in Côte d'Ivoire.
    AIDS, 21(13): 1799-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Benzodiazepine prescribing to the Swiss adult population: results from a national survey of community pharmacies.
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol, 22(5): 292-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Public knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy in Jordan.
    Seizure, 16(6): 521-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Chlamydia testing in community pharmacies: evaluation of a feasibility pilot in south east London.
    Qual Saf Health Care, 16(4): 303-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: frequency and seriousness of medication errors.
    Qual Saf Health Care, 16(4): 291-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors.
    Qual Saf Health Care, 16(4): 285-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The impact of a closed-loop electronic prescribing and administration system on prescribing errors, administration errors and staff time: a before-and-after study.
    Qual Saf Health Care, 16(4): 279-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Qualitative evaluation of an electronic prescribing and administration system.
    Qual Saf Health Care, 16(4): 271-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Economic evaluation of assistance to HIV patients in a Spanish hospital.
    Eur J Intern Med, 18(5): 400-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. HIV risk behavior among injection drug users in Tehran, Iran.
    Addiction, 102(9): 1472-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The impact of a reproductive health franchise on client satisfaction in rural Nepal.
    Health Policy Plan, 22(5): 320-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Intramuscular immunoglobulin for recalcitrant suppurative diseases of the skin: a retrospective review of 63 cases.
    Br J Dermatol, 157(3): 563-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Cost-effectiveness of the two-compound formulation calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate compared with commonly used topical treatments in the management of moderately severe plaque psoriasis in Scotland.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 23(8): 1887-901. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Withdrawal of COX-2 selective inhibitors rofecoxib and valdecoxib: impact on NSAID and gastroprotective drug prescribing and utilization.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 23(8): 1859-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Analysis of 30-Day Mortality for Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in the ICU Setting.
    Chest, 132(2): 418-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Comparative effectiveness of beta-adrenergic antagonists (atenolol, metoprolol tartrate, carvedilol) on the risk of rehospitalization in adults with heart failure.
    Am J Cardiol, 100(4): 690-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Lactation safety recommendations and reliability compared in 10 medication resources.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(9): 1352-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Pharmaceutical care in community pharmacies: practice and research in Brazil.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(9): 1486-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. A financial analysis of pediatric laparoscopic versus open fundoplication.
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 17(4): 493-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Treatment with antidepressants in patients with dementia--a nationwide register-based study.
    Int Psychogeriatr, 19(5): 902-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Health-seeking behaviour for sexually transmitted infections and HIV testing among female sex workers in Vietnam.
    AIDS Care, 19(7): 878-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The medical license number accurately identifies the prescribing physician in a large pharmacy claims database.
    Med Care, 45(9): 907-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Determination of required pharmacological knowledge for clinical practice in emergency medicine using a modified Delphi technique.
    Emerg Med J, 24(9): 645-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Returned medicines: waste or a wasted opportunity?
    J Public Health (Oxf), 29(3): 258-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Drug utilization evaluation of i.v. paracetamol at a large teaching hospital.
    Intern Med J, 37(9): 620-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Drug utilization and cost in a Medicaid population: a simulation study of community vs. mail order pharmacy.
    BMC Health Serv Res, 7: 122. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Implementation of buprenorphine in the Veterans Health Administration: results of the first 3 years.
    Drug Alcohol Depend, 90(2): 292-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The economic consequences of generic substitution for antiepileptic drugs in a public payer setting: the case of lamotrigine.
    Dis Manag, 10(4): 216-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Effectively measuring adherence to medications for systemic lupus erythematosus in a clinical setting.
    Arthritis Rheum, 57(6): 1000-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Statin therapy is associated with reduced neuropathologic changes of Alzheimer disease.
    Neurology, 69(9): 878-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Developing dashboards to measure and manage inpatient pharmacy costs.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(17): 1859-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Effect of a robotic prescription-filling system on pharmacy staff activities and prescription-filling time.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(17): 1832-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Analysis of pharmacist charges for medication therapy management services in an outpatient setting.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(17): 1827-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Lenalidomide in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(17): 1799-807. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Practical considerations when developing guidelines for managing critical bleeding.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(9): 103S-109S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Update on transfusion medicine.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(9): 57S-68S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Causes and consequences of critical bleeding and mechanisms of blood coagulation.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(9): 45S-56S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. A survey of health professions students for knowledge, attitudes, and confidence about tuberculosis, 2005.
    BMC Public Health, 7(1): 219. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Attitudes of health sciences faculty members towards interprofessional teamwork and education.
    Med Educ, 41(9): 892-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. The association of consumer expectations, experiences and satisfaction with newly prescribed medications.
    Qual Life Res, 16(7): 1127-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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