BACKGROUND Since drug-related emergency department (ED) visits are common among older adults, the objectives of our study were to identify the frequency of drug-related problems (DRPs) among patients presenting to the ED with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalized weakness and to evaluate responsible drug classes. METHODS Delayed type cross-sectional diagnostic study with a prospe...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are often accompanied with comoribidities and complications leading to taking multiple drugs and thus are more liable to be exposed to drug-related problems (DRPs). DRPs can occur at any stages of medication process from prescription to follow-up treatment. However, a few studies have assessed the specific risk factors for occurrence of at least one pot...

Authors’ affiliations: (a) Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, VC 11-205/218, New York, N.Y. 10032. (b) Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, P&S 11-451, New York, N.Y. 10032. (c) Biochemistry Section, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes...

Long-term laborious and thus costly monitoring of phosphorus (P) fractions is required in order to provide reasonable estimates of the levels of bioavailable phosphorus for eutrophication studies. A practical solution to this problem is the application of passive samplers, known as Diffusive Gradient in Thin films (DGTs), providing time-average concentrations. DGT, with the phosphate adsorbent ...

Introduction: Drug-related problems (DRPs) are frequent in hospitalization where multiple changes in patient’s medication regimens and lack of continuity of care may be accompanied. Objectives: To assess clinical pharmacist intervention on the drug related problems in medicine ward of tertiary care hospital. Method: It was a prospective, observational and interventional study carried over a per...

Nowadays, protecting information is a major issue in any transmission system, as showed by an increasing number of research papers related to this topic. Optical encoding methods, such as a Double Random Phase encryption system i.e. DRP, are widely used and cited in the literature. DRP systems have very simple principle and they are easily applicable to most images (B&W, gray levels or color). ...

Flow visualization techniques involving extreme advection workloads are becoming increasingly popular. While these techniques often produce insightful images, the execution times to carry out the corresponding computations are lengthy. With this work, we introduce an alternative to traditional advection. Our approach centers around block exterior flow maps (BEFMs). BEFMs can be used to accelera...

BACKGROUND Despite numerous reports of state Medicaid drug utilization review (DUR) programs, little data are available about the prevalence of drugrelated problems (DRPs) in Medicaid patients. A university-based, pharmacist-run DUR program for high utilizers was created as an alternative to imposition of a statutory limit of 7 medications per month in the Utah Medicaid program in 2002. The DUR...

Current knowledge of denitrification is based on detailed studies of a limited number of organisms. In most cases the importance of these paradigm species in natural ecosystems is questionable. Detailed phenotypic studies of a wider range of prokaryotes, both type strains and dominant denitrifiers isolated from complex systems, will aid the generation of more sophisticated mathematical models f...