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Scoping review of six retrospective studies: risk factors associated with the case fatality rate of people infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022)
It would be rational to describe the pattern of the clinical characteristics of the survivors and the nonsurvivors during the critical intensive-infection era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The explicit objective ...
Mini-Review on the efficacy and safety of pitavastatin: 'The novel seventh statin gaining momentum'
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022)
Recently, a plethora of events have affected the statin arena such as muscle-induced myalgia, myopathy, myositis, rare rhabdomyolysis, and new-onset diabetes. The latest statin pitavastatin has emerged with descent stamina ...
Audience response systems as an interim measure of quality using Bloom's taxonomy of learning outcomes
(International Pharmaceutical Federation, 2022)
Learning methods are transforming with the help of modern technology. The availability of versatile innovative technologies such as the audience response systems may assist in the transformation of learning and training ...
Parents’ Perception, Acceptance, and Hesitancy to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19: Results from a National Study in the UAE
(MDPI, 2022)
Introduction: COVID-19 is considered the greatest health disaster affecting humans during the 21st century, which urged the need to develop an effective vaccine to acquire enough immunity against the virus. The main challenge ...
Validation and comparison between two warfarin dosing clinical algorithms and warfarin fixed dosing in specialized heart center: cross-sectional study
(Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica, 2022)
Background: Warfarin is well known as a narrow therapeutic index that has prodigious variability in response which challenges dosing adjustment for the maintenance of therapeutic international normalized ratio. However, ...
Retrospective cohort study on risk factors for developing ischemic stroke
(2022)
Background: There is a paucity of studies describing the risk factors for developing ischemic stroke in our region. Objective: The objective of the current study was to delineate the potential risk factors for the development ...
Protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, cost-benefit analysis and interrupted time-series interventions on pharmacist’s prescribing
(Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica, 2022)
Background: Shortening the process of prescribing via permitting the pharmacist to select the most appropriate pharmaceuticals for each particular patient may provide great opportunities for pharmacists to develop suitable ...
Double blind randomized controlled trial for subjects undergoing surgery receiving surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis at tertiary hospital: the clinical pharmacist’s interventions
(Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica, 2022)
Background: A surgical site infection (SSI) has significant clinical, humanistic and economic consequences. Surgical antimicrobials prophylaxis (SAP) is a reliable standard to prevent SSIs. Objective: The objective was to ...
A pseudo-customer cross-sectional study to evaluate the community pharmacist’s management of migraine in pregnant women
(Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica, 2022)
Background: To the best of our knowledge few published studies have been conducted to evaluate customer’s care services in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the pseudo-customer model. This further ...
Motivators, Barriers, and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Residents of Western Saudi Arabia
(MDPI, 2022)
Background: There are limited studies that have assessed COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and side effects, both globally and in the western region of Saudi Arabia (SA). Objective: This study assessed the acceptance of vaccination ...