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Drive-up INR testing and phone-based consultations service during COVID-19 pandemic in a pharmacist-lead anticoagulation clinic in Qatar: Monitoring, clinical, resource utilization, and patient- oriented outcomes
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems and led to widespread utilization of telemedicine or telehealth services. Combined with teleclinics, ...
Assessing adherence to inhaled corticosteroids among adults with asthma in kuwait using the medication adherence report scale for asthma
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Dove Medical Press Ltd.
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the mainstay maintenance therapy for asthma management. Non-adherence to ICS, which can lead to exacerbations and poor asthma control, is commonly reported among adult patients ...
Soliciting the Oral Route as a Logical Approach to Managing Colon Cancer
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2021 , Article)
According to Global Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence (GLOBOCAN) 2018, colon cancer (CC) is the third most common cancer in men and second in women worldwide (Bray et al., 2018). Approximately 1.8 million new colon ...
Attitudes of pharmacy students towards patient safety: A cross-sectional study from six developing countries
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2020 , Article)
Objective To evaluate the attitudes of undergraduate pharmacy students towards patient safety in six developing countries. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Participants were enrolled from the participating universities ...
Impact of phospholipids, surfactants and cholesterol selection on the performance of transfersomes vesicles using medical nebulizers for pulmonary drug delivery
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The aim of this study is to formulate and optimize novel transfersome formulations for pulmonary drug delivery. Transfersome formulations (F1 – F18) were prepared by a thin-film method using three phospholipids (Soya ...
Cyclodextrin diethyldithiocarbamate copper ii inclusion complexes: A promising chemotherapeutic delivery system against chemoresistant triple negative breast cancer cell lines
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
Diethyldithiocarbamate Copper II (DDC-Cu) has shown potent anticancer activity against a wide range of cancer cells, but further investigations are hindered by its practical insolubility in water. In this study, inclusion ...
Bridging vs Non-Bridging with Warfarin Peri-Procedural Management: Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The warfarin peri-procedural management in Qatar is predominantly based on bridging (63%), compared to non-bridging. This study sought to perform a first-time cost analysis of current warfarin peri-procedural management ...
An exploratory analysis of the portrayal of mental illness in Qatar’s newspapers
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Dove Medical Press
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Concerns have been raised about the role of the media influencing the public’s understanding of mental illness. Aim: This study explored the extent and nature of mental health coverage in Qatar’s newspapers. A ...
Genetic and non-genetic factors impact on inr normalization in preprocedural warfarin management
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Dove Medical Press
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Annually, 10% of warfarin patients will likely need to stop warfarin prior to elective surgery to achieve a baseline international normalization ratio (INR) level (INR ≤ 1.2) at the time of the procedure. This ...
Metformin attenuates V-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway in Melanoma: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer with a high rate of metastasis to other organs. Recent studies specified the overexpression of V-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) ...