INTRODUCTION Prescription-drug use in the USA has increased by more than 60% in the last three decades. Prevalence of prescription-drug use among pregnant women is currently estimated around 50%. Prevalence of illicit drug use in the USA is 14.6% among pregnant adolescents, 8.6% among pregnant young adults and 3.2% among pregnant adults. The first step in identifying problematic drug use during...

BACKGROUND Intravenous medication administrations have a high incidence of error but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity. OBJECTIVE To measure the frequency, type and severity of intravenous administration errors in hospitals and the associations between errors, procedural failures and nurse experience. METHODS Prospective observational study of 107 nurses prep...

abstract background and objective: iranian traditional medicine (itm) has a long history in the prevention and treatment of diseases. clinical uses, side effects, and toxic effects of many singular and compounds were known to scientists of itm and articular books on toxicology and detoxification of drugs has been written by scientists, but their measurement tools to evaluate chronic toxicity of...

BACKGROUND Doxylamine succinate, an ethanolamine-based antihistamine, is used in the short-term management of insomnia because of its sedative effects. The data available on the pharmacokinetic profile of doxylamine in humans are limited, notwithstanding that this drug has been marketed in European countries for more than 50 years. In fact, no data on the effect of food on the pharmacokinetic p...

background croup, or acute laryngotracheobronchitis, is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction in children. objectives in this study, the efficacies of intramuscular and oral dexamethasone administration are compared for treatment of croup. patients and methods this is a single-blind randomized trial involving 68 children divided into two groups, the first group received 0.6 mg/kg in...

This paper shows the process followed to prepare evaluation of III Canary Plan on Drug Addiction, published in 2018 and which has served as basis for current IV Addictions (2020-2024). The importance this is that a system been applied based an adequate methodological triangulation aimed at solving different obstacles related monitoring contents Plan, both when executing actions terms prevention...

background: candidal colonization in complete denture wearers is a commonly encountered condition that worsens in the presence of untreated diabetes mellitus. the aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between oral candidiasis in denture‑bearing mucosa and elevated blood glucose levels in complete denture wearers and to evaluate the effect of oral hypoglycemic drug therapy in control...

context: over the last few decades, extensive efforts have been made worldwide to develop nanomedicine delivery systems, especially via oral route for antidiabetic drugs. absorption of insulin is hindered by epithelial cells of gastrointestinal tract, acidic gastric ph and digestive enzymes. evidence acquisition: recent reports have identified and explained the beneficial role of several struct...

OBJECTIVE To compare the safety and effectiveness of vaginal with oral misoprostol for induction of labor. METHODS A total of 107 women with clinical indication for induction were randomly assigned to receive oral or vaginal misoprostol. Doses of 100 microg of oral or 25 microg of vaginal misoprostol were given every 3-4 hours. If cervical ripening or active labor did not occur, repeated dose...