More Than a Prescription

Dementia Care: More Than Just Prescription Drugs.

In this issue of American Family Physician, Dr. Epperly and colleagues review therapies for managing the cognitive and functional symptoms of Alzheimer disease.1 Although the review discusses nonpharmacologic therapies, it focuses primarily on medications that are widely used in practice. Indeed, prescriptions for medications to treat cognitive impairment have increased worldwide as much as six...

Reducing insulin prescription errors in hospital: more stick than carrot?

People with diabetes are more likely to be admitted to hospital and have longer stays in hospital than people without diabetes. Data from the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit suggest that people with diabetes experience avoidable prescription errors such as wrong insulin, incorrect doses and omitted doses. These errors result in increased length of stay and harm to the patient. Many of the err...

oct-4: more than a pluripotent marker?

received: 23/sep/2008, accepted: 23/nov/2008oct-4/ pou5f1/ oct-3, a pou domain family protein acts as a crucial transcription factor dur- ing embryonic development. it helps in maintenance of self renewal as well as pluripotential state of embryonic stem (es) cells. its expression starts right from 2 cell stage especially prior to 8 cell stage till the blastocyst stage where it is strongly exp...

Erratum to “Optimal Hemodialysis Prescription: Do Children Need More Than a Urea Dialysis Dose?”

Optimal Hemodialysis Prescription: Do Children Need More Than a Urea Dialysis Dose?

When prescribing hemodialysis in children, the clinician should first establish an adequate regimen, before seeking to optimize the treatment (Fischbach et al. 2005). A complete dialysis dose should consist of a urea dialysis dose and a determined convective volume. Intensified and more frequent dialysis regimens should not be considered exclusively as rescue therapy. Interestingly, a recent si...