Volume 5, Issue 4

Original Research

1. Article

   Delivering medicines in a challenging environment: the pharmaceutical sector in East Timor (a descriptive study)

   Pauline Norris, Raul B. Dos Santos, David Woods, Wale Tobata

   pp. 145–150 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Background: The health status of the East Timorese population is very poor and much of the health system was destroyed during the violence of 1999. As in other developing countries, the lack of appropriate and high quali…

2. Article

   Journal publications by pharmacy practice faculty evaluated by institution and region of the United States (2001-2003)

   Craig I. Coleman, Lauren Schlesselmann, C. Michael White

   pp. 151–156 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Objective: To compare the quantity of manuscripts published in journals by departments of pharmacy practice at schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States for the years 2001-2003. Methods: We utilized the Web o…

3. Article

   Profile of drug interactions in hospitalized children

   Jacqueline Martinbiancho, Joice Zuckermann, Luciana Dos Santos, Mariane M. Silva

   pp. 157–161 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Introduction: The expected therapeutic response may be affected by the presence of drug interactions. With the high number of reports on new drug interactions, it has been difficult for health professionals to keep const…

4. Article

   Pharmacist elicited medication histories in the Emergency Department: Identifying patient groups at risk of medication misadventure

   Maja Ajdukovic, Meredith Crook, Christopher Angley, Ieva Stupans, Natalie Soulsby, Christopher Doecke, Barbara Anderson, Manya Angley

   pp. 162–168 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Objective: To analyse the incidence of discrepancies in medication histories in these demographic groups when pharmacist elicited medication histories were compared with those taken by ED physicians. It also aimed to inv…

5. Article

   Impact of clinical pharmacist intervention on diabetes related quality-of-life in an ambulatory care clinic

   Douglas L. Jennings, Kelly R. Ragucci, Elinor C.G. Chumney, Andrea M. Wessell

   pp. 169–173 · DOI: · Published

   The purpose of this one-year observational study was to evaluate quality of life in patients at the Medical University of South Carolina Family Medicine clinic who were followed by a clinical pharmacist diabetes educator…

6. Article

   Pharmaceutical services in a Mexican pain relief and palliative care institute

   Raymundo Escutia Gutiérrez, César R. Cortéz Álvarez, Rosa Margarita Álvarez Álvarez, Jorge LV. Flores Hernández, Jéssica Gutiérrez Godínez, José G. López y López

   pp. 174–178 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Neither the purchase nor the distribution of pharmaceuticals in hospitals and community pharmacies in Mexico is under the care of pharmacists. Some are under control of physicians. This report presents the results of the…

7. Article

   Profile of drug utilization in the elderly living in Porto Alegre, Brazil

   Fabiana TÔRRES FAGGIANI, Guilherme SCHROETER, Sandro LUZ PACHECO, Antônio Carlos ARAÚJO DE SOUZA, Maria Cristina WERLANG, Geraldo ATTÍLIO DE CARLI, Fernanda BUENO MORRONE

   pp. 179–184 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Objective: To describe the profile of drug utilization in the elderly living in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Methods: An observational and cross-sectional population-based study to investigate the characteristics of the pop…

8. Article

   A pilot study of complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

   Geoffrey C. Wall, Linda L. Krypel, Michael J. Miller, Derek M. Rees

   pp. 185–190 · DOI: · Published 2007

   Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex disorder, with primary symptoms of sleep disturbances, pain, and fatigue. FMS is one of the most common reasons for patient visits to a rheumatologist. Previous studie…