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Therapeutic drug monitoring in rheumatic diseases: utile or futile?
Stamp LK, Barclay M.SourceDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Christchurch Hospital and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England).Rheumatology (Oxford).2013 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]
Rapid and effective suppression of inflammation is a primary goal in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. However, the therapeutic effect of most medications may be slow to manifest, in the order of weeks or months in the case of DMARDs. Monitoring of drug concentrations allows the possibility of ap
Development and Validation of a Computerized Assessment Form to Support Nursing Diagnosis.
Zega M, D'Agostino F, Bowles KH, De Marinis MG, Rocco G, Vellone E, Alvaro R.SourceSchool of Nursing, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
International journal of nursing knowledge.Int J Nurs Knowl.2013 Oct 18. doi: 10.1111/2047-3095.12008. [Epub ahead of print]
PURPOSE: Describe the development and validation of the Nursing Assessment Form (NAF), within a clinical nursing information system, to support nurses in the identification of nursing diagnoses.METHODS: Content validity and consensus on NAF contents were established using a panel of experts in nursi
Roles of seed and establishment limitation in determining patterns of afrotropical tree recruitment.
Clark CJ, Poulsen JR, Levey DJ.SourceNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
PloS one.PLoS One.2013 May 14;8(5):e63330. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063330. Print 2013.
Quantifying the relative importance of the multiple processes that limit recruitment may hold the key to understanding tropical tree diversity. Here we couple theoretical models with a large-scale, multi-species seed-sowing experiment to assess the degree to which seed and establishment limitation s