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Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Piperidinyl-Quinoline Acylhydrazones as New Anti-Alzheimer’s Agents: Assessment of Cholinesterase Inhibitory Profile, Molecular Docking Analysis, and Drug-like Properties
(MDPI, 2023)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the progressive neurological disorders and the main cause of dementia all over the world. The multifactorial nature of Alzheimer’s disease is a reason for the lack of effective drugs as ... -
The Effects of Medications and the Roles of Pharmacists on the Recovery of Patients with COVID-19 Infection: An Epidemiological Study from the United Arab Emirates
(MDPI, 2023)Patients infected with coronavirus have new experiences and hence new needs from the healthcare sector. Acknowledging patients’ experiences can exhibit promising outcomes in coronavirus management. Pharmacists are considered ... -
Clinical Consequences for Individuals Treated with Tocilizumab for Serious COVID-19 Infection
(MDPI, 2023)There seem to currently be no therapeutic medications found for the severe coronavirus infection in 2019 (COVID-19). In light of this, it has been hypothesized that the immunomodulatory treatment known as tocilizumab can ... -
Nano Methotrexate versus Methotrexate in Targeting Rheumatoid Arthritis
(MDPI, 2023)Nanomedicine has emerged as an important approach for targeting RA medication. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a widespread autoimmune disorder marked by multiple inflamed joints. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been demonstrated ... -
Identification of NS2B-NS3 Protease Inhibitors for Therapeutic Application in ZIKV Infection: A Pharmacophore-Based High-Throughput Virtual Screening and MD Simulations Approaches
(MDPI, 2023)Zika virus (ZIKV) pandemic and its implication in congenital malformations and severe neurological disorders had created serious threats to global health. ZIKV is a mosquito-borne flavivirus which spread rapidly and infect ... -
Appropriateness of antibiotic prescription among hospitalized patients with urinary tract infection in Jordan
(Open Science Publishers LLP Inc., 2023)Lack of adherence to recent antibiotic prescription guidelines leads to antibiotic resistance which causes treatment failure and the development of disease complications in patients with urinary tract infection (UTI). The ... -
HA PEGylated Filler in Association with an Infrared Energy Device for the Treatment of Facial Skin Aging: 150 Day Follow-Up Data Report
(MDPI, 2022)Background: The face is the area most exposed to the normal course of skin aging, both intrinsically and extrinsically. The aim of the study was to evaluate the cellular and clinical response of a therapeutic protocol aimed ... -
Effect of inulin, galacto oligosaccharides and iron fortification on iron deficiency anemia among women of reproductive age; a randomized controlled trial
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)Iron supplementation and fortification are the well-known approaches to treat iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in women of reproductive age. The objective of the current randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate the ... -
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 ... -
GW-2974 and SCH-442416 modulators of tyrosine kinase and adenosine receptors can also stabilize human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA
(Public Library of Science, 2022)GW-2974 is a potent tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor while SCH-442416 is a potent adenosine receptors’ antagonist with high selectivity towards human adenosine A2A receptor over other adenosine receptors. The two compounds ... -
Efficacy and Short-Term Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Cross-Sectional Study on Vaccinated People in the UAE
(MDPI, 2022)Background: The emergence of COVID-19 has been a major challenge to public health and the world economy. During a wave of COVID-19, the usage of widespread vaccination procedures and broader coverage to the whole of humanity ... -
Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Outpatient Pediatrics at a Private Hospital in Abu Dhabi: A Clinical Audit Study
(MDPI, 2022)Background: Antibiotics are commonly used in pediatrics. The aim and objectives were to evaluate the antibiotic prescribing patterns of pediatric outpatients at a private hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Methods: A retrospective ... -
Virtual patient simulation in pharmacy education: A systematic review
(International Pharmaceutical Federation, 2022)Background: This review summarises the impact of virtual patient simulation (VPS) on pharmacy students’ knowledge, skills, and perceptions. Methods: The PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were searched ... -
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physicians toward Pharmacovigilance in Public and Private Hospitals in Jordan
(University of Jordan,Deanship of Scientific Research, 2022)Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward pharmacovigilance (PV) among healthcare providers is strongly associated with the reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This study was conducted to evaluate knowledge, attitude, ... -
Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Punjab, Pakistan
(MDPI, 2022)Vaccine hesitancy is widespread in many parts of the globe, particularly in low–middle-income countries. Therefore, we surveyed a sample of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and vaccine ... -
Attitude and perception of pharmacists and healthcare professionals about the criteria used in drug formulary selection in the United Arab Emirates
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)Background: There is lack of both resources and expertise explains the limited extent to which pharmacoeconomic evidence is used in formulary decision-making. Objectives: The present study aims to assess attitude and ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ...