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Profiling online recreational/prescription drugs' customers and overview of drug vending virtual marketplaces
(2015-07-28)
OBJECTIVES: Internet and social networking sites play a significant role in the marketing and distribution of recreational/prescription drugs without restrictions. We aimed here at reviewing data relating to the profile ...
Adjunctive therapies to reduce thrombotic events in patients with a history of myocardial infarction : role of vorapaxar
(2015-07-22)
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is generally attributed to coronary atherothrombotic disease. Platelet activation is essential for thrombus formation and is thus an important target for pharmacological intervention to ...
Broadening public participation in systematic reviews: a case example involving young people in two configurative reviews
(2015-06-22)
BACKGROUND: Arguments supporting the involvement of users in research have even more weight when involving the public in systematic reviews of research. We aimed to explore the potential for public involvement in systematic ...
Incremental haemodialysis
(2015-06-01)
Thrice-weekly haemodialysis schedules have become the standard default haemodialysis prescription worldwide. Whereas the measurement of residual renal function is accepted practice for peritoneal dialysis patients and the ...
Visual performance and the use of colored filters in children who are deaf
(2015-06)
PURPOSE: To assess visual performance and the effects of color overlays on reading in children who were deaf and children who could hear. METHODS: Thirty-one children who were deaf (mean [± SD] age, 14 [± 1.99] years) and ...
Negotiating Transitions : Involvement of Critical Care Outreach Teams in End-of-Life Decision Making
(2015-05-01)
BACKGROUND: Little research has examined the involvement of critical care outreach teams in end-of-life decision making. OBJECTIVE: To establish how much time critical care outreach teams spend with patients who are ...
Endogenous Fibrinolysis : An Important Mediator of Thrombus Formation and Cardiovascular Risk
(2015-04-28)
Most acute cardiovascular events are attributable to arterial thrombosis. Plaque rupture or erosion stimulates platelet activation, aggregation, and thrombosis, whilst simultaneously activating enzymatic processes that ...
Difference between how ambulance service personnel use paper and electronic patient care records when attending older people at home
(2015-04-01)
In the course of our study, Research into Older people with Dementia and their carers’ use of Emergency ambulance Services (RODES), we have noted a difference between how ambulance service personnel use paper-based as ...
The development and validation of a disease-specific quality of life measure in hyperhidrosis : the Hyperhidrosis Quality of Life Index (HidroQOL©)
(2015-04)
PURPOSE: To develop and validate a new disease-specific quality of life measure in hyperhidrosis for use in both routine clinical practice and clinical research. METHODS: Interviews and focus group discussions with ...
Lessons for tuberculosis from scrutiny of HIV/AIDS and Malaria UK Parliamentary Questions
(2015-03-31)
OBJECTIVES: To identify whether parliamentary scrutiny, in the form of Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs), has any significant impact on the UK government's stated aid priorities and whether, by refining the approach ...