A system of screening for the presence of a number of common drugs.

Retraining over the principles and mechanisms involved in the occurrence of false results from urine drug screening tests: Adulteration and strategies to defeat

Screening tests (UDSTs) for the diagnosis of psychoactive drugs can identify drug abuse, improve workplace safety, ensure community health, and play a critical role in therapeutic drug monitoring. Nonetheless, correct interpretation of the results of these tests requires a full awareness of the principles of testing methods, drug kinetics, and various leading causes of false results. Among the ...

The Need to Establish a Common Base Line for the Characteristics of Safety Withdrawal of Prescription Drugs from Worldwide Pharmaceutical Markets

SCREENING OF FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMAL ITIES BY OBSTETRIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN TEHRAN, IRAN

Early identification of fetuses with chromosomal abnormalities enables health care providers to form an appropriate management plan for each patient. The main objective of this study was to determine the role of ultrasonography in screening and identifying fetuses at risk for chromosomal abnormalities. A retrospective review of 6480 patients from the Obstetrics and Gynecology ward of Firou...

Potential drug-drug interactions among hospitalized patients in a developing country

Background: Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) may often lead to preventable adverse drug events and health damage. Particularly in hospitals, this might be an important factor as multiple drug therapies are common. The objective of this study was to identify the frequency and levels of potential DDIs in internal medicine wards in an Iranian university hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study...

The Need to Establish a Common Base Line for the Characteristics of Safety Withdrawal of Prescription Drugs from Worldwide Pharmaceutical Markets

Selective Screening of Phenylketonuria, Tyrosinemia and Maple Syrup Urine Disease in Southern Iran

Inborn errors of amino-acids metabolism and other inherited Mendeliandisorders are common in the MiddleEast.The number of diagnosed inborn errors of amino acid metabolism is growing constantly on account of and availability and improved of analytical techniques.  The aim of this work was to determine a rough estimate of the incidence rates of phenylketonuria (PKU), tyrosinemia, and maple syrup ...