in order to investigate the effect of pharmacist intervention on vancomycin use, this study was performed on all patients receiving vancomycin in the intensive care unit (icu) and hematology-oncology ward of taleghani educational hospital in tehran, iran. vancomycin use was assessed during a pre- and post-intervention period in accordance with the center of disease control and prevention (cdc) ...

Neonates and young infants are in a unique and dynamic pharmacokinetic state, in which they undergo relatively rapid maturational changes in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. In addition to these maturational changes, most drug pharmacokinetic studies in neonates show wide interindividual variability despite similar gestational and postnatal ages. Therapeutic drug monito...

helicobacter pylori is an important human pathogen and a gram-negative, spiral shaped and microaerophilic bacteria with persistence colonization in gastric mucosa, causes gastroduodenal inflammation and destruction, resulting in diseases such as duodenal ulcer disease, gastric ulcer disease. when h.pylori discovered by warren and marshall, effective therapy developed for this infection and resu...

background: opioid abuse is common in iran. in recent years, methadone maintenance therapy (mmt) has gained popularity in this country. this study aimed at evaluation concurrent abuse of alcohol in patients under mmt. methods: a predesigned questionnaire was developed and completed after obtaining verbal consent among 49 subjects under mmt in kian rehabilitation centre during january 2014. resu...