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Acyclovir-valaciclovir equilibrium between peritoneal fluid and plasma
Stathoulopoulou, F.; Dhillon, S.; Stathakis, C.; Stamatiadis, D. (2001) -
Appropriateness of use of medicines in elderly inpatients: qualitative study
Spinewine, A.; Swine, C.; Dhillon, S.; Franklin, B.D.; Tulkens, P.M.; Wilmotte, L.; Lorant, V. (2005)Explores the processes leading to inappropriate use of medicines for elderly patients admitted for acute care. -
The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK Intensive care unit
Sanghera, I.S.; Franklin, B.D.; Dhillon, S. (2007)Our aim was to explore the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals relating to the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit. Medication errors were identified by the unit pharmacist ... -
Avoiding acyclovir neurotoxicity in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing haemodialysis
Almond, M.K.; Fan, S.; Dhillon, S.; Pollock, A.M.; Raftery, M.J. (1995)Acute neurotoxicity following the administration of the recommended oral dose of acyclovir (800 mg twice daily) to dialysis-dependent patients is increasingly recognised. This suggests that the recommended dose is too high. ... -
Azithromycin : An assessment of its pharmacokinetics and therapeutic potential in CAPD
Kent, J.R.; Almond, Michael K.; Dhillon, S. (2001)◆ Background: Azithromycin is an azalide antibiotic with a similar antibacterial spectrum to erythromycin but with greater gram-negative activity. Azithromycin displays a favorable pharmacokinetic profile, with improved ... -
Clinical handover incident reporting in one UK general hospital
Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Schifano, Fabrizio; Pickles, John; Randell, William; Hussain, Zakar; Muir, Helen; Dhillon, S. (2010)To determine the prevalence and characteristics of clinical handover incidents that occurred across a medium-size UK hospital. -
Clinical pharmacy practice : Implications for pharmacy education in Belgium
Spinewine, A.; Dhillon, S. (2002-06-01)Belgian hospital pharmacy practice is in a process of transition, with the clinical role of the pharmacist being progressively developed. Knowledge and skills specific to clinical pharmacy (CP) will be required in the ... -
Comparative Efficacy And Tolerability Of Antiepileptic Drugs For Refractory Epilepsy : A Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysis And Network Meta Analysis
Bodalia, Pritesh N.; Grosso, Anthony M.; Sofat, Rajesh; Macallister, Raymond J.; Smeeth, Liam; Dhillon, S.; Casas, Juan-Pablo; Wonderling, David; Hingorani, A.D. (2010) -
Comparative Efficacy and Tolerability of Antiepileptic Drugs for Refractory Focal Epilepsy Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis reveals the need for long-term comparator trials
Bodalia, Pritesh N.; Grosso, Anthony M.; Sofat, Reecha; Macallister, Raymond J.; Smeeth, Liam; Dhillon, S.; Casas, Juan-Pablo; Wonderling, David; Hingorani, Aroon D. (2013)To evaluate the comparative efficacy (50% reduction in seizure frequency) and tolerability (premature withdrawal due to adverse events) of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for refractory epilepsy. METHODS: We searched Cochrane ... -
A comparative pharmacokinetic study of intravenous and intramuscular midazolam in patients with epilepsy
Bell, D.M.; Richards, G.; Dhillon, S.; Oxley, J.R.; Cromarty, J.; Sander, J.W.A.S.; Patsalos, P.N. (1991)The pharmacokinetics of midazolam, a water soluble 1,4-benzodiazepine, has been studied in 12 patients (11 male, 1 female; age range 19-57 years) with epilepsy. All patients were taking hepatic enzyme inducing antiepileptic ... -
Development and design of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) in undergraduate pharmacy education in a new School of Pharmacy in England.
Evans, Beti Wyn; Alinier, Guillaume; Kostrzewski, Andrzej; Lefteri, Kelly Anne; Dhillon, S. (2011-07-01)UK pharmacy practice is driven by competency-based healthcare practice and the expanding clinical roles of pharmacy practitioners. Setting up a new School of Pharmacy offers the opportunity to design a program appropriate ... -
Development and evaluation of a Handover Performance Tool (HPT) for medical shift handovers
Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Dhillon, S.; Schifano, Fabrizio; Kostrzewski, Andrzej; Pickles, John; Manser, Tanya (2011-10) -
The development, validation of a screening tool for the identification of patients experiencing medication related problems
Gordon, K.J.; Smith, G.K.; Dhillon, S. (2005)Medication-related problems can adversely affect patients' health and treatment outcomes. While many authors have investigated the frequency of different types of medication-related problem, no studies have described the ... -
Does clinical handover promote situation awareness? : Implications for person-centered healthcare
Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Manser, Tanya; Schifano, Fabrizio; Kostrzewski, Andrzej; Pickles, John; Nicholls, Harriet; Fishman, Daniel; Mubarik, Arshad; Dhillon, S. (2012-06)Background: Doctors’ handover has been the subject of investigation since the implementation of the European Working Time Directive in 2004. Little is known regarding handover quality and safety in clinical practice. This ... -
Effect of a collaborative approach on the quality of prescribing for geriatric inpatients: a randomized, controlled trial
Spinewine, Anne; Swine, Christian; Dhillon, S.; Lambert, Philippe; Nachega, Jean B; Wilmotte, Léon; Tulkens, Paul M (2007)To evaluate the effect of pharmaceutical care provided in addition to acute Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) care on the appropriateness of prescribing. -
The effect of the controlled entry of electronic prescribing and medicines administration on the quality or prescribing, safety and success of administration on an acute medical ward
Almond, M.K.; Gordon, K.; Kent, J.R.; Nice, S; Dhillon, S. (2002)There is a need to reduce the frequency of adverse drug events arising from prescribing and drug-administration errors. It is perceived that this can be achieved by the implementation of electronic prescribing and medicines ... -
Effective chronic disease management : Patients’ perspectives on medication-related problems
Gordon, K.J.; Smith, F.; Dhillon, S. (2007) -
The efficacy of oral theophylline in ventilated premature infants
Elias-Jones, A. C.; Dhillon, S.; Greenough, A. (1985-10)40 ventilated premature infants, with gestational ages of 24-34 weeks and a mean birthweight of 1422 g, were entered into a randomised controlled trial. 20 of the infants received orally 5 mg/ml anhydrous theophylline ... -
Evaluation of a British-German postgraduate course in clinical pharmacy
Ehrensberger, U.; Heide, L.; Taxis, K.; Vasel-Biergans, A.; Dhillon, S. (2005-03-01)Since 1997, a 4 week postgraduate course in clinical pharmacy has been offered annually at the University of Tübingen (Germany) in cooperation with the School of Pharmacy, University of London (United Kingdom). The course ... -
Evaluation of Valaciclovir Dosage Reduction in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Stathoulopoulou, F.; Dhillon, S.; Thodis, H.; Stathakis, C.; Vargemezis, V. (2002)