Volume 5, Issue 1

Original Research

1. Article

   Effect of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine on the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome: A meta-analysis

   Yan Chen, Jeff J. Guo, Daniel P. Healy, Siyan Zhan

   pp. 1–9 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Background: Data regarding the treatment efficacy of integrative treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM) in treating patients with (SARS) are conflicting. The effects of integrative TCM/…

2. Article

   Identification by observation of clinical pharmacists’ activities in a hospital inpatient setting

   Peter Stuchbery, David CM. Kong, Giovanna N. DeSantis, Sung K. Lo

   pp. 10–16 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Aim: The aim of the study was to quantify clinical pharmacists’ workload in Australia. Specific objectives were to perform a direct observation of the pattern of clinical activities in two acute hospitals and compare tha…

3. Article

   Medication prescribing errors in a public teaching hospital in India: A prospective study

   Sayali Pote, Pramil Tiwari, Sanjay D'Cruz

   pp. 17–20 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Background: To prevent medication errors in prescribing, one needs to know their types and relative occurrence. Such errors are a great cause of concern as they have the potential to cause patient harm. The aim of this s…

4. Article

   Community pharmacy-based research in Spain (1995-2005): A bibliometric study

   José Carlos Andrés Iglesias, N. Floro Andrés Rodríguez, José Antonio Fornos Pérez

   pp. 21–30 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Objective: To assess the scientific activity in community pharmacies in Spain through a bibliometric analysis of the original papers published during the years 1995-2005. Methods: IPA, MEDLINE, CSIC database and the jour…

5. Article

   Dietary supplement use among academic pharmacists

   Michael S. Murphy, Albert I. Wertheimer, Elaine D. Mackowiak

   pp. 31–35 · DOI: · Published 2007

   United States sales of dietary supplements exceeded $18 billion in 2002, indicating that dietary supplement use is common among the American public. This report describes a survey of academic pharmacists and their use of…

6. Article

   Consumption of antibiotics in a small Pacific island nation: Samoa

   Pauline Norris, Hong Anh Nguyen

   pp. 36–41 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Aim/Background: High levels of antibiotic use contribute to development of antibiotic resistance. There is little known about levels of antibiotic use in Samoa, although anecdotally, there are high levels of use, and a s…

7. Article

   Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale as a long-term outcome measurement tool in patients receiving clozapine ODT- A Pilot Study

   Gollapudi Shankar, Carmen Nate

   pp. 42–45 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Objective: This pilot, twelve-week, open-label study examined the effect of clozapine orally disintegrating tablet or ODT in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder utilizing Positive and Negative Syndro…

8. Article

   A pharmacovigilance study in the department of medicine of a university teaching hospital

   Himanshu Sharma, Mohammed Aqil, Faisal Imam, Mohammad S. Alam, Prem Kapur, Krishna K. Pillai

   pp. 46–49 · DOI: · Published 2007

   The aim of the present study was to monitor adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the Medicine out patient department (OPD) of a University Teaching Hospital. Method: A prospective evaluation of the ADRs reported in the Depar…