Browsing by Publisher "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins"
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Adding colchicine to tocilizumab in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: An open-label randomized controlled trial
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Introduction: Colchicine acts upstream in the cytokines cascade by inhibiting the nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome while interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor antagonists, such as tocilizumab, block the end result ... -
Albumin administration in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: A meta-analytic update
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2021 , Article Review)End-stage liver disease and its related complications exert a huge disease burden and reduce the survival rates of many patients. Albumin administration for patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis has been a controversial ... -
Assessment of Educational Needs and Design of a Preceptor Development Program for Health Professional Education Programs in Qatar
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Introduction:Experiential learning is the backbone of many health care professional education programs; however, the quality of learning is profoundly dependent on the skills and experiences of clinical preceptors. This ... -
Availability, Density, and Unmet Need for Cardiac Rehabilitation Around the World
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 80% of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Robust evidence, including randomized trials from these lower-resource countries, ... -
Buspirone in the management of refractory irritable bowel syndrome A case report
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2021 , Article)Rationale: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and debilitating functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract manifested by abdominal pain and bowel habit dysregulation. The pathophysiology is complex and ... -
Characteristics, enablers, and barriers to the community health and well-being assessment component of the health promotion practice cycle: a scoping review protocol
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2024 , Article Review)Objective: The proposed review will describe the characteristics, enablers, and barriers to the community health and well-being assessment (CHWA) component of the health promotion practice cycle. Introduction: CHWA guides ... -
Community pharmacists' attitudes, perceptions, and barriers toward adverse drug reaction reporting in Malaysia: A quantitative insight
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2014 , Article)OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to explore awareness and attitudes of community pharmacists toward the national ADR reporting system activities in the northern states of Malaysia. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey using ... -
Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 3 (CDKN3) upregulation is associated with unfavorable prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and shapes tumor immune microenvironment: A bioinformatics analysis
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2023 , Article)Cell cycle regulatory proteins plays a pivotal role in the development and progression of many human malignancies. Identification of their biological functions as well as their prognostic utility presents an active field ... -
Dietary patterns associated with the risk of pancreatic cancer: Case-control study findings
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Diet is an important modifiable lifestyle factor, but epidemiological studies evaluating the association between dietary patterns and pancreatic cancer (PC) have reported inconsistent findings. This study aimed to evaluate ... -
Effect of CYP2C19 genetic variants on bleeding and major adverse cardiovascular events in a cohort of Arab patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and stent implantation
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Introduction One-third of patients have clopidogrel resistance that may lead to major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). By contrast, it was found that some clopidogrel-treated patients have hyperresponsive platelets that are ... -
Glomerulus-on-a-Chip. Life Up
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2017 , Article)Organ-on-chip is an emerging technology for drug testing, disease modelling, and organ function modeling. Despite development of nephron-on-chip1 and its components, such as proximal-tubule-on-chip,2 glomerulus-on-chip has ... -
How Do Bone Allografts Regenerate Bone?
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Other)utogenous bone is universally considered as the gold standard for grafting procedures, although it presents many limitations such as donor-site morbidity, and postoperative complications such as pain and bleeding. Allogenic ... -
Knowledge, attitude, and practices of pharmacy students in 7 Middle Eastern countries concerning antibiotic resistance: A cross-sectional study
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2024 , Article)Addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stands as a major global health challenge threatening humanity. Resolving this issue can be initiated through emphasizing the significance of AMR education among students in health ... -
Novel biomarkers for potential risk stratification of drug induced liver injury (DILI): A narrative perspective on current trends
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2019 , Article)Background:Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is an increasing cause of acute liver injury especially with increasing need for pharmacotherapy of widening comorbidities amongst our ever-aging population. Uncertainty however ... -
Patient Safety Education in Entry to Practice Pharmacy Programs: A Systematic Review
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article Review)Objectives The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize, summarize, and evaluate the quality of extant quantitative and qualitative literature related to patient safety in pharmacy education. This systematic review ... -
Prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the elderly in Qatar: A cross-sectional study
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2022 , Article)Older individuals are more vulnerable to severe coronavirus disease 2019 and medical complications. Vaccination stands as an efficient and safe vanguard against infection. However, negative attitudes and perceptions ... -
Response to Mindel C. Sheps: Counted, Dead or Alive
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2023 , Article)It is true that when decision-making in medicine proceeds (e.g., drug A to prevent outcome Y), clinicians make use of research results that are reported in terms of estimated probabilities. Thus, Pr [Ya = 1 = 1] is the ... -
Safety of high-carbohydrate fluid diet 2 h versus overnight fasting before non-emergency endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A single-blind, multicenter, randomized controlled trial
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2024 , Article)Background: Although overnight fasting is recommended prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the benefits and safety of high-carbohydrate fluid diet (CFD) intake 2 h before ERCP remain unclear. ... -
Southern Italian teenagers: The older they get, the unfit they become with girls worse than boys: A cohort epidemiological study: The adolescents surveillance system for the obesity prevention project (ASSO)
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2017 , Article)Italy comprises a high proportion of people who never exercised. Low physical activity levels in adolescents is a risk factor for several disorders. The aim of this cohort epidemiological study was to compare physical ... -
The desensitization of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 by nonpungent agonists and its resensitization by bradykinin
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2020 , Article)Transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) channels have crucial roles in inflammatory hyperalgesia. Different inflammatory mediators can modulate TRPV1 sensitization. Bradykinin is an algogenic substance released ...