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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Aga Khan University

2016

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Pharmacy Newsletter : December 2016, Pharmacy Department Dec 2016

Pharmacy Newsletter : December 2016, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

  • Defined Daily Dose (DDD) – A step toward Antibiotic Stewardship Program
  • Potential drug-drug interaction of Macrolide and Domperidone | QT prolongation
  • 17th December, 1st National Medication Safety Symposium

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Pharmacy Newsletter : August 2016, Pharmacy Department Aug 2016

Pharmacy Newsletter : August 2016, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

  • Pharmacy Help Desk Service.
  • New Guidelines for the Management of Aspergillosis
  • Overview of New CHEST Antithrombotic Guideline for Treatment of VTE (10th Edition)
  • Immunization against Pneumococcal
  • FDA Warnings 2016

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Pharmacy Newsletter : April 2016, Pharmacy Department Apr 2016

Pharmacy Newsletter : April 2016, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

  • Medication Management in Geriatrics | Overview of Beers Criteria 2015
  • Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) – An Emerging Culprit
  • Emerging Avenues for Botulinium Toxin Therapy
  • Novel Treatment Approach of Pancreatic Cancer
  • FDA Podcast 2015
  • Extra Care is Needed Because Warfarin is High - Alert Medicine
  • Reporting of ADR
  • ADR Trends of 2015 at AKUH

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Almond Supplementation Reduces Serum Uric Acid In Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Humaira Jamshed, Anwar Gilani, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Faridah Amin, Jamshed Arslan Arslan, Sumaira Ghani, Madiha Masroor Mar 2016

Almond Supplementation Reduces Serum Uric Acid In Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Humaira Jamshed, Anwar Gilani, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Faridah Amin, Jamshed Arslan Arslan, Sumaira Ghani, Madiha Masroor

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Objective

Elevated serum uric acid (UA), a biomarker of renal insufficiency, is also an independent prognostic marker for morbidity in coronary artery disease (CAD) and poses serious health risks. This study reports the effect of almond consumption on UA in CAD patients.

Study design

A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted with three groups: no-intervention (NI), Pakistani almonds (PA) or American almonds (AA). Patients were recruited from the Cardiology Clinics, Aga Khan University Hospital. Two follow-ups were scheduled at week-6 and week-12. 150 patients were randomly divided in three groups (50 per group). NI was not given almonds, whereas the …

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