Perspectives Children younger than five years old are generally unable to safely swallow solid capsules and tablets larger than 10 mm. 1 Although oral liquid medicines can be prescribed, these have some disadvantages over solid medicines. Substances or excipients that solubilize the active ingredient or ensure microbial stability are included in oral liquids and these may be harmful to young ch...

With the increased focus and anticipated growth in specialty training and certification within the profession of pharmacy, it is important for the profession to step back and evaluate the manner in which its adopted education and certification systems interface. As a result of specialty practice development, significant growth is occurring in both postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency...

Generic medicines are a key strategy used by governments and third-party payers to contain medicines costs and improve the access to essential medicines. This strategy represents an important opportunity provided by the global intellectual property regimes to discover and develop copies of original products marketed by innovator companies once the patent protection term is over. While there is ...

www.pharmacypractice.org 178 ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate knowledge of medicines and sources of information about medicines among adolescents in Malta. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey knowledge of medicines and information sources among adolescents attending secondary schools in Malta. A random stratified sample design generated a sample size of 514 students....

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Technology: Intraoperative MRI Use: This mobile, 1.5 Tesla MRI system is placed into a standard neurosurgical operating room. It is used to plan accurate surgical corridors, confirm the accomplishment of operative objectives and detect acute complications such as hemorrhage and ischemia. History: Lesion localization is paramount for safe neur...

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Technology: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists of platelets Use: The activation of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors results in rapid thrombosis through specific binding of its ligand, fibrinogen. The use of the Fab fragment of the mouse/human chimeric monoclonal antibody 7E3, now known as the pharmaceutical abciximab (ReoPro),...

Technology: Sonohysterography Use: With this technique, a refinement of transvaginal ultrasound imaging, saline is infused into the uterine cavity to enhance the imaging of the endometrium. The procedure was initiated because of the low sensitivity and specificity of transvaginal ultrasound for detecting endometrial pathology. In addition, the cost, inconvenience and radiation exposure associat...

Synthesis gas, that consists largely of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen, has been used in a process to make the commodity chemical, 2-hydroxybutyric acid. This news report discusses a proposal to alter regulations of materials and products involved in using synthetic biology to make chemicals. Genetic engineering can be complex and time consuming. This research paper describes an a...

Historically, though high infant mortality rates were recognized by the British medical community at least as early as the 1860s, the advent of neonatal intensive care is relatively recent. In 1898, Dr. Joseph B. De Lee (1) established the first premature infant incubator station at the Chicago, Illinois Lying-in Hospital. The first American textbook on prematurity was published in 1922 (2). It...

PURPOSE Aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics and performance of colorectal-anal specialty vs. general hospitals for South Korean inpatients with colorectal-anal diseases, and assesses the short-term designation effect of the government's specialty hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nationwide all colorectal-anal disease inpatient claims (n=292158) for 2010-2012 were used to in...