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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3987.1510030
Alternative Uses of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Luqman A Bandagi, Sabiha S Bandagi, Muhammad Haseeb ul Rasool, Sanna Salam and Issac Sachmechi
Article Type: Literature Review | First Published: 2023/09/17
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are typically indicated for management of pain and fever, relieving inflammation and for prevention of blood clots formation. Aspirin, and particularly low dose aspirin (LDA), has potential therapeutic role beyond the well established indications including the prevention of several diseases such as myocardial infarction, strokes, atherothrombotic events and pulmonary embolism. Many studies have been conducted in recent years in order to recognize the...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3987.1510029
Jillian B Searle, PharmD, Veronika Latawiec, PharmD, Micaela Carroll Powner, PharmD, BCPS, Andrea Winston, PharmD, BCACP and Dorothy Wakefield, M.S., PStat
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2023/08/06
The study purpose was to assess the incidence of hyperglycemia in patients being transitioned from an IV infusion to subcutaneous (SC) insulin. Study staff evaluated whether overlapping SC with IV insulin decreased the incidence of hyperglycemia....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3987.1510028
Rahul Banerjee
Article Type: Audit/Quality Improvement | First Published: March 29, 2023
Venous thromboembolism being a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Australia, an audit conducted over a period of one month in a rural hospital setting in NSW, demonstrated that high risk cases did not all receive adequate VTE prophylaxis and fell short of achieving national standards of VTE assessments of all patients admitted to the medical ward. Timing of administration of VTE prophylaxis was also not in sync with the surgical ward....
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