Background: Pharmaceutical care is delivered in various ways and settings. There is a need for ways of describing the care delivered to be able to compare the care delivered in different settings. Aim and objectives: The aim of the project was to compare the prescribing activity and delivery of pharmaceutical care in two clinical settings. In order to quantitatively compare the pharmaceutical ...

Studies have shown that fatty acids from fish and fish oils, like eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DHA) may have a beneficial role in cancer by inhibiting proliferation or inducing apoptosis of the cancer cells. Several mechanisms involving different metabolites (eicosanoids) of the fatty acids have been suggested for the anti-cancer actions, but the detailed effects are still ...

In Drug Discovery the first pharmacokinetic in vivo study of new compounds is of great importance to provide an initial assessment of the drug pharmacokinetik (PK) parameters. Data from these studies is used to optimize the PK properties of the chemical series and to calculate the initial doses in further in vivo studies. Because of the everexisting demand to increase throughput in Drug Discovery, ...

Very little is known about introgression in bacteria. Introgression is the process where the genes of one species infiltrate the gene pool of another organism by subsequent backcross transformations of a hybrid with one of its parents. After the initial acquisition of foreign DNA, DNA from the newly made transformants is used as donor DNA in backcross transformations with the recipient. DNA is ...

Bakgrunnen for oppgaven er økt oppmerksomhet rundt riktig antibiotikabruk. Antibiotika har i snart 30 år blitt brukt som profylakse i forbindelse med kirurgiske inngrep for å redusere morbiditet og mortalitet forårsaket av postoperative infeksjoner. Thoraxkirurgisk avdeling på Rikshospitalet fikk i februar 2007 nye retningslinjer for bruk av antibiotikaprofylakse ved kirurgiske inngrep. Formål Hensikten ...

Abstract Background Pharmaceutical care planning is increasingly seen as the most effective manner by which to deliver pharmaceutical care services to the patient. The role of the pharmacist, both specialist and generalist, is paramount, as much of the treatment in Mental Health is dependent on the effective management of the patients medication(1). Consequently, there is a need for standardised ...

Sammendrag Bakgrunn På grunn av sitt smale terapeutiske vindu har warfarin et stort interaksjonspotensiale med både mat og andre legemidler, noe som kan øke risikoen for blødninger. Det er kjent at uselektive NSAIDs kan interagere med warfarin, men også tilfeller med økt INR og blødninger ved bruk av andre smertestillende legemidler som paracetamol og tramadol er observert. Formål: Beskrive ...

Bakgrunn: Osteoporose er en systemisk skjelettsykdom med redusert beinmasse og endring i beinvevets mikroarkitektur, med økt risiko for brudd som følge. Den vanligste årsaken til sekundær osteoporose er peroral glukokortikoidbehandling og blant langtidsbrukere av glukokortikoider vil nærmere halvparten utvikle osteoporose og brudd. Glukokortikoider brukes ved en rekke autoimmune sykdommer, der ...

Introduction The Edinburgh IMPACT (Improved Anticipatory Care and Treatment) is aimed at people with long term conditions, and focuses on improving patients’ quality of life and reducing preventable hospital admissions. The service is nurse led, and recently primary care pharmacists have been added to the team to perform a medication review pilot. Patients would be referred to the pharmacist, who ...

Background Omitted doses are among the most common errors of medication errors in hospital. It is a need to identify the frequency of omitted doses and reasons for these to try to prevent them in the future. It is important to ensure all medication is available on the ward when needed and this can be evaluated by looking at different medicines management systems. Aim and objectives To identify ...