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Essential Medicines in Universal Health Coverage: A Scoping Review of Public Health Law Interventions and How They Are Measured in Five Middle-Income Countries
(MDPI AG., 2020)Very few studies exist of legal interventions (national laws) for essential medicines as part of universal health coverage in middle-income countries, or how the effect of these laws is measured. This study aims to critically ... -
What are the changes and burden associated with covid-19 in diabetes management and delivery of the diabetes services?
(Elmer Press, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic that has spread to almost all countries worldwide. Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been shown to increase the risk of COVID-19 disease severity. In this review, we ... -
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Utilization Patterns and Risk of Adverse Events due to Drug-Drug Interactions among Elderly Patients: A Study from Jordan
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)Background: Worldwide, the prescribing pattern of the Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) has increased. They are considered highly effective medications in controlling various conditions including inflammatory ... -
Secondary metabolites profiling, biological activities and computational studies of Abutilon figarianum webb (Malvaceae)
(MDPI AG., 2020)This research endeavors to inspect the chemical and biological profiling of methanol anddichloromethane (DCM) extracts prepared fromAbutilon figarianumWebb. Total bioactive constituentsand secondary metabolites were ... -
Herbal medicines: A cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of use among Jordanian adults
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2020)Introduction: Understanding why adults resort to herbal medicine can help in planning interventions aimed at increasing awareness regarding herbal use. This study sought to investigate the prevalence and to determine factors ... -
Nurses perception of pharmaceutical care practice: A qualitative approach
(University of Benin, 2020)Purpose: To evaluate the perception of nurses regarding pharmaceutical care services in the healthcare system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province of Pakistan. Methods: This qualitative study was implemented by conducting ... -
Sedative, muscle relaxant-like effects, and molecular docking study of compounds isolated from salvia leriifolia
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020)Salvia leriifolia Benth., Lamiaceae, an endemic medicinal plant of the northern region of Iran, has been documented as sedative. It has been used in traditional medicine for its muscle relaxation effect. The need for ... -
Prediction of lisinopril pediatric dose from the reference adult dose by employing a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background: This study aimed to assess the pediatric lisinopril doses using an adult physiological based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model. As the empirical rules of dose calculation cannot calculate gender-specific pediatric ... -
Controlled release of pyrimidine compound using polymeric coated ZIF-8 metal-organic framework as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist carrier
(MDPI AG., 2020)This work demonstrates synthetic strategies for the incorporation of a synthesized pyrimidine glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist into alginate-coated ZIF-8. The prepared pyrimidine GLP-1 agonist used for the treatment ... -
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in neurodegenerative diseases
(MDPI AG., 2020)The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important organelle involved in protein quality control and cellular homeostasis. The accumulation of unfolded proteins leads to an ER stress, followed by an adaptive response via the ... -
Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, toxicological profile, and in silico studies of dimeric naphthoquinones from diospyros lotus
(International Academic Press, 2020)Many researchers have studied socioeconomic, health, and security variables in developed countries; however, very few studies used multivariate analysis in developing countries. The current study contributes to the scarce ... -
Non Pharmaceutical Interventions for Optimal Control of COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2020)Background and Objective: The outbreak of the current pandemic begun from the first individual of a 55-year old from Hubei province in China, the disease instigated by the new coronavirus spreading across the world. ... -
COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Etiology, Conventional and Non-Conventional Therapies
(MDPI, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which reported in an outbreak in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The virus belongs to the beta-coronavirus class, along with the Middle East ... -
Investigating prescribing errors in the emergency department of a large governmental hospital in Jordan
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2020)Background: Although prescribing errors (PEs) are the most common type of medication errors and cause morbidity and mortality, they have been rarely studied. Objective: The study aimed to investigate PEs incidence, types, ... -
Phytochemical profiling, antioxidant and antiproliferation potential of Euphorbia milii var.: Experimental analysis and in-silico validation
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)This study was aimed to investigate the anticancer potential of Euphorbia milii (E. milii) using an exquisite combination of phytopharmacological and advanced computational techniques. The chloroform fraction (Em-C) of E. ... -
Potential strategies for combating COVID-19
(Springer, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, is caused by a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2. The infection has now catapulted into a full-blown pandemic across ... -
Micro-RNAs in the regulation of immune response against SARS CoV-2 and other viral infections
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)Background: Micro-RNAs (miRNAS) are non-coding, small RNAs that have essential roles in different biological processes through silencing genes, they consist of 18–24 nucleotide length RNA molecules. Recently, miRNAs have ... -
Immune system response during viral Infections: Immunomodulators, cytokine storm (CS) and Immunotherapeutics in COVID-19
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)Coronaviruses are non-segmented and single stranded positive-sense RNA (+ssRNA) viruses. To date, 06 human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are reported; α-CoVs (HCoVs-NL63 and HCoVs-229E) and β-CoVs (HCoVs-OC43, HCoVs-HKU1, SARS-CoV, ... -
Application of the American College of Cardiology (ACC/AHA) 2017 Guideline for the Management of Hypertension in Adults and Comparison with the 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee Guideline
(Saudi Heart Association, 2021)Objectives: This study aims to compare the 2017-ACC/AHA hypertension guideline with 2014-JNC-8 guideline in re-gard to the number of patients who are eligible for treatment and to determine the physicians’ adherence and ... -
Assessment of extrapyramidal symptoms associated with psychotropics pharmacological treatments, and associated risk factors
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2021)Background: Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS) are unwanted symptoms commonly originating from the use of certain medications. The symptoms can range from minimal discomfort to permanent involuntary muscular movements. The aims ...