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...re probably related to mental fatigue and so staff should be aware of how their performance may vary at different times. They indicate that mistakes may be mitigated with the greater use of shiftwork, but they stress that shifts need to be carefully designed to avoid the excessive disruption of circadian r......found that neither beclomethasone nor theophylline should beavoided because of concern over significant psychological side effects. Butthere may be a subset of pre-school age children who do have behavioral changeswhile taking either of the drugs. Theophylline continues to be prescribed to some peo......cpsycho-pharmacology," Reus says. "To what degree should our expectationsinclude not experiencing any significant distress if a drug is available thatcan reduce the dimensions of distress?" The UCSF researchers also measured "affiliative behavior" by gauging how muchstudy participants considered or solici...... M.D., says"individuals taking calcium antagonists should not panic and stop medicationwithout consulting a physician. However, individuals with both knowncardiovascular disease and diabetes may want to talk to their physicians aboutchoosing another type of high blood pressure drug, or to use the calciuman...Could Cardiovascular Drugs Be Linked To Suicide?
...dberg et al conclude that calcium channel blockers should be considered a possible cause of depression and suicide. Contact: Dr Anne Melander, Professor of Pharmocoepidemiology, Swedish Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation, Malm University Hospital, Sweden nepi@kurir.net...Setting Prescribing Budgets In General Practice
...not work) (Effective prescribing at practice level should be identified and rewarded) General practice p...alth authority pharmaceutical and medical advisers should use their knowledge of local factors when setting budgets. They also underline that GPs need to ens...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...tentlyleft off the bill. If there are charges that should be added we add them. We'vehad lots of patients come in on the short end of the stick [after such aninquiry]." Hospitals also may use bureaucratic images designed to produce roadblocks thatoverwhelm consumers and invoke frustration, said the study. T...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
...icine. "Women at high risk of preeclampsia should not be given aspirin therapyto prevent the conditi...ng during birth. "We conclude that aspirin should not be given to prevent preeclampsia inwomen with pregestational insulin-treated diabetes, chronic h...Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
...red the gold standard. "This ALLHAT study should answer the bottomline question: Are any of the currently used antihypertensive agents more effective than others in preventing death or heart attacks or strokes? We think these catastrophic events are closely associated with decrease in blood pressur......ng molecules. Effective management ofintense pain should take these distinctions into account, Basbaum says. "Pain is not a single phenomenon that can always be attacked with onetype of analgesic drug," according to Basbaum, chairman of anatomy and researchscientist with the W.M. Keck Foundation Ce......e combination therapy including proteaseinhibitors should be considered the standard of care for patients with advancedHIV infection," he said. Palella was lead author on the study, conducted in collaboration withresearchers from the HIV Outpatient Study, a nationwide consortium of nine HIVclinics a...Is Ritalin As Effective--And As Harmless--As It Could Be?
...his leads to the veryimportant issue of whether we should use a racemic drug or a single enantiomer,"says Ding. Clincial studies of other drugs, such as the heroin substitutemethadone, have shown that single enantiomer forms work best. Ding and her colleagues say their results illustrate how PET ca...Clinical Pharmacists Improve Outcomes Of Heart Failure Patients
...n reduce the rate ofrehospitalization, the savings should add up quickly." Gattis prepared the results of the Duke research for presentation Mondayat the 47th annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology. The researchers followed 181 patients in Duke's cardiology clinic. ......ientcare, the researchers believe that the results should help them refine the wayfuture trials are designed and carried out. Most large clinical trials use clinical events committees (CEC) toreview case records to ensure that all the physicians at participating hospitalsfollow the same guidelines...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
... 523 heart disease patients at Duke. "This should be a wake-up call to physicians and the health car...ion for low-income individuals," Tung said. "Noone should have to choose between food and medication." Duke researchers Lai Choi Lam, Nancy Clapp-Cha...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...s systems are adopted and resultsmade public, they should be subject to peer review to be sure the most accu...ywant to make sure they are rated accurately, they should develop standardizedways of reporting patient data. "As physicians, we already devote a lar...Cardiac Arrests Outside Hospital - Survival Could Be Improved By Better Public Awareness Of Symptoms
... patients die at home, basic life support training should be targeted at close relative and friends of patients with known coronary artery disease. The author also draws attention to the proposed use of "intelligent" defibrillators by policeman, fireman and other lay first responders, such as security gu...Adding Progestins May Negate Heart Protection From Estrogen Replacement Therapy
...ildup. The scientists recommend that women should still consider ERT plusprogestins as a treatment that confers protection against heart disease aftermenopause, a time when their risk of heart disease is as high as men. Attentionshould also be paid to lowering cholesterol, smoking cessation, diet a...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...the questions surrounding PAD aresignificant. Who should use AEDs? If an average person without medicaltra...to do so is he or she liable fornegligence? Where should AEDs be placed? How much does it cost? In a 1996 poll of state emergency medical system (EM...... "While not every patient with atrial fibrillation should receive warfarin," saysStafford, "we believe there are many other reasons why doctors may not beprescribing this important drug. The use of blood thinners requires frequentblood tests to reduce the small possibility of abnormal bleeding, and bothpat...