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Effect of Cuff Design on Auscultatory and Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurements
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Oxford University Press
, 2016 , Article)
Two-piece blood pressure (BP) cuffs are the historical cuff standard. Use
of 1-piece cuffs is increasing. Substituting 1-piece for 2-piece cuffs has
an unknown effect on measurement accuracy. We compared these cuff ...
Medicine expenditures in Sudan National Health Insurance Fund : an ABC-VEN analysis of 5-year medicine consumption
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) program in Sudan in terms of the expenditure trends over the period of 5 years (2006 and 2010), their value of usage and the pattern ...
Triple Oral Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation and Coronary Artery Stenting: Searching for the Best Combination
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
, 2016 , Article)
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are treated with oral anticoagulants often have concurrent coronary artery disease. Triple oral antithrombotic therapy (TOAT) is often necessity to prevent stent thrombosis or ...
Valproic acid induced pancreatitis in an Arab Male
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
, 2019 , Article)
Valproate, a commonly used antiepileptic, is known to cause pancreatitis, which may present days to years after initiation of therapy. A 20-year-old Arab male patient with electroencephalogram (EEG) confirmed epileptiform ...
Perceptions of Yemeni physicians about interactions with medical representatives
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Objective: Interaction between physicians and medical representatives (MR) is an area of controversy, which discussed heavily in the literature. However, the perspectives of physicians on the extent and composition of ...
Evaluation of the Effect of Moringa peregrina Extract on Learning and Memory: Role of Oxidative Stress
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
Oxidative stress interferes with the functional roles of the hippocampus and results in cognitive decline. Antioxidant supplementation has a cognitive enhancing activity through protecting hippocampus brain cells from the ...
Pharmacists' confidence when providing pharmaceutical care on anticoagulants, a multinational survey
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Springer Netherlands
, 2017 , Article)
Background Guidelines on the management of orally anticoagulated patients are continuously evolving, leading to an increased need for pharmacists to be fully integrated in care provision. Objective To identify self-reported ...
Does faculty development influence the quality of in-training evaluation reports in pharmacy?
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BioMed Central Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Background: In-training evaluation reports (ITERs) of student workplace-based learning are completed by clinical supervisors across various health disciplines. However, outside of medicine, the quality of submitted ...
Evaluation of pharmacist-based compared to doctor-based anticoagulation management in Qatar
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Rationale, aims and objectives For over 60 years, warfarin has been the mainstay anticoagulant used in the outpatient setting for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of thromboembolic clinical conditions. ...
Targeting dopaminergic system for treating nicotine dependence
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
Background: Smoking is the world's leading cause of preventable death among populations. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of numerous health problems, including heart diseases, stroke, atherosclerosis and many types ...