Practice reports.

Practice rePorts Bar-code-assisted medication administration

Pieter J. Helmons, PHarm.D., is Pharmacoeconomics Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center, San Diego; at the time of this study he was a Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla. linDsay n. Wargel, PHarm.D., is Clinical Pharmacist, UCSD Medical Center; at the time of this study she was Postgrad...

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A paradoxical reaction (PR) in tuberculosis (TB) is the worsening of disease after starting TB therapy, usually despite microbiological response. It may represent an inflammatory response to the release of antigen from dying bacilli.1 Such disease exacerbation has also been observed in people with HIV when antiretrovirals are started,2 and in individuals with TB when tumour necrosis factor alph...

Figures in clinical trial reports: current practice & scope for improvement

BACKGROUND Most clinical trial publications include figures, but there is little guidance on what results should be displayed as figures and how. PURPOSE To evaluate the current use of figures in Trial reports, and to make constructive suggestions for future practice. METHODS We surveyed all 77 reports of randomised controlled trials in five general medical journals during November 2006 to ...

Writing Case Reports: Contributing to Practice and Research.

Case reports describe a patient with unusual or unexpected features. They represent the oldest type of medical publication. They are about generating a new hypothesis and not about proving a hypothesis. Hence, despite being considered as the lowest level of evidence; they continue to be relevant for clinical practice, research and medical education. This article intends to provide guidance rega...

A review of emergency food security assessment practice in Ethiopia - HPG Commissioned Reports - Research reports and studies