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Open AccessEvaluation of parents’ attitudes and practices related to antibiotic use for their children in Kosovo: a cross-sectional survey
Self-medication and lack of patient adherence contribute to antibiotic misuse. This article describes parents’ attitudes and practices regarding use of antibiotics by their children in Kosovo.
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Open AccessPain assessment tools for use in infants: a meta-review
Identifying pain in infants is challenging due to their inability to self-report pain, therefore the availability of valid and reliable means of assessing pain is critical.
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Open AccessImpact of a clinical pharmacist on medication safety in mental health Hospital-in-the-Home: a retrospective analysis
Integration of clinical pharmacists into multidisciplinary Mental Health Hospital-in-the-Home teams is increasing but little is known about the medication safety contribution these pharmacists make.
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Adults’ Pain Recognition via Facial Expressions Using CNN-Based AU Detection
The identification of pain expression by facial analysis is a difficult problem with few effective solutions. Most of the existing facial expression recognition methods are based on the detection of different ...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia
The aim of this study was to further validate PainChek®, an electronic pain assessment instrument, with a population living with dementia in a UK care home.
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Assessment of medication self-administration using artificial intelligence
Errors in medication self-administration (MSA) lead to poor treatment adherence, increased hospitalizations and higher healthcare costs. These errors are particularly common when medication delivery involves d...
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Provision of community pharmacy services during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study of community pharmacists’ experiences with preventative measures and sources of information
Background An infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus (later called COVID-19) reached pandemic levels in 2020 and community pharmacists were involved in responding to this pandemic, also in Kosovo. Objec...
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Pharmaceutical Care in Type-2 Diabetes
are many opportunities for pharmacists to make valuable contributions to the care of with . The application of a systematic process as outlined in this chapter will facilitate identification of a range...
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Assessing pharmacists’ readiness to prescribe oral antibiotics for limited infections using a case-vignette technique
Background Pharmacist’s skills are underutilized whilst they are directly involved with antibiotic supply to the community. Addressing this issue could lead to better use of antibiotics a...
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Esomeprazole use is independently associated with significant reduction of BMD: 1-year prospective comparative safety study of four proton pump inhibitors
Because of the efficacy of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), their the use is increasing dramatically. The risk of adverse effects of short-term PPI therapy is low, but there are important safety concerns for pot...
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Establishing and Evaluating Interprofessional Student-Led Wellness Assessment Services Focused on the Elderly
Whilst the notion that health professionals should ‘learn to work together’ is not new (Carpenter & Dickinson 2014; Leathard, 1994; Szasz, 1969), the popularity of interprofessional education (IPE) has certain...
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Open AccessGeneral practitioners’ perceptions on home medicines reviews: a qualitative analysis
Home Medicines Review (HMR) is an Australian initiative introduced in 2001 to improve quality use of medicines. Medication management services such as HMRs have the potential to reduce medication related probl...
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Open AccessAntibiotic repeat prescriptions: are patients not re-filling them properly?
This study aimed to explore patients’ utilization of repeat prescriptions for antibiotics indicated in upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). An emphasis was placed on whether the current system of repeat ...
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Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Glycaemic Episodes Through Community Pharmacy Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Accessibility, availability and frequent public contact place community pharmacists in an ideal position to provide medically necessary, intensive health education and preventive health services to diabetes pa...
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Expanded prescribing: a comparison of the views of Australian hospital and community pharmacists
Background Community pharmacies and hospitals are the two main professional areas for pharmacists. There is currently a lack of comparison of pharmacists working in these two distinct settings in...
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Open AccessMedication supply to residential aged care facilities in Western Australia using a centralized medication chart to replace prescriptions
Current model of medication supply to R(RACFs) in Australia is dependent on paper-based prescriptions. This study is aimed at assessing the use of a centralized medication chart as a prescription-less model fo...
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An evaluation of Australian pharmacist’s attitudes on expanding their prescribing role
Objectives To evaluate the views of Australian pharmacists on expanded pharmacist prescribing roles and identify important drivers and barriers to its implementation. Setting Pharmacists in Australia. Method Data...
