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Assessing continuing education practices and preferences amongst Lebanese hospital pharmacists

Iskandar, Katia; Bou Raad, Etwal; Hallit, Souheil; Chamoun, Nibal; Usta, Ulfat; Akiki, Youssef; Karaoui, Lamis R.; Salameh, Pascale; Zeenny, Rony M. (2022-03-15)

Background: Continuing education (CE) is an international tool that requires lifelong active participation in learning activities allowing the pharmacist to stay a major player among others. In 2014 the CE program was ...
Assessing the perceptions of pharmacists working in Lebanese hospitals on the continuing education preferences

Iskandar, Katia; Bou Raad, Etwal; Hallit, Souheil; Chamoun, Nibal; Usta, Ulfat; Akiki, Youssef; Karaoui, Lamis R.; Salameh, Pascale; Zeenny, Rony M. (2019-11-15)

Background: Continuing education (CE) is an international tool that requires lifelong active participation in learning activities allowing the pharmacist to stay a major player among others. In 2014 the CE program was ...
Assessment of bleeding in chronic liver disease and coagulopathy using the IMPROVE bleeding criteria

Chamoun, Nibal; Ramia, Elsy; Lteif, Christelle; Salameh, Pascale; Zantout, Hala; Ghanem, Georges; Chatila, Rajaa (2019-05-31)

Background: In this study, the authors utilized the IMPROVE (International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism) bleeding definition to explore the safety profile of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism ...
Combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy is associated with an improved outcome in hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Matli, Kamal; Chamoun, Nibal; Fares, Aya; Zibara, Victor; Al-Osta, Soad; Nasrallah, Rabih; Salameh, Pascale; Mokhbat, Jacques; Ghanem, Georges (2022-03-11)

Background COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that results in a prothrombotic state manifesting as thrombotic, microthrombotic and thromboembolic events. As a result, several antithrombotic modalities have been implicated ...
Current trends in hospital pharmacy practice in Lebanon

Chamoun, Nibal; Usta, Ulfat; Karaoui, Lamis R.; Salameh, Pascale; Hallit, Souheil; Shuhaiber, Particia; Henaine, Anna-Maria; Akiki, Youssef; Zeenny, Rony M.; Iskandar, Katia (2019-11-15)

For decades, the role of hospital pharmacists has been instrumental in elevating pharmacy practice worldwide. Recently, the Hospital Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the European ...
Curricular integration of the pharmacists' patient care process

Nasser, Soumana C.; Chamoun, Nibal; Kuyumjian, Yara M.; Dimassi, Hani (2022-03-15)

Introduction The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Standard 10 specifies the need to prepare students to provide patient-centered collaborative care. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of a newly ...
Effects of statins on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Zeenny, Rony M.; Mansour, Hanine; Kabbara, Wissam K.; Chamoun, Nibal; Audi, Myriam; Yared, Yasmina; Salameh, Pascale (2020-08-29)

Objective We evaluated the effect of chronic use of statins based on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and hospital length of stay (LOS) in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods We conducted ...
Enoxaparin 20 mg for thromboprophylaxis in severe renal impairment

Karaoui, Lamis R.; Tawil, Samah; Salameh, Pascale; Chamoun, Nibal (2019-11-15)

Objective This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of daily subcutaneous enoxaparin 20 mg in patients with renal failure. Methods This retrospective cohort study included nonsurgical patients aged ≥18 years ...
Evaluation of prophylactic dosages of Enoxaparin in non-surgical elderly patients with renal impairment

Chamoun, Nibal; Ghanem, Hady; Hachem, Ahmad; Hariri, Essa; Lteif, Christelle; Mansour, Hanine; Dimassi, Hani; Zalloum, Richard; Ghanem, Geroges (2019-12-20)

Background Thromboprophylaxis dosing strategies using enoxaparin in elderly patients with renal disease are limited, while dose adjustments or monitoring of anti-Xa levels are recommended. We sought to evaluate the efficacy ...
Impact of pharmacist-conducted anticoagulation patient education and telephone follow-up on transitions of care

Karaoui, Lamis R.; Ramia, Elsy; Mansour, Hanine; Haddad, Nisrine; Chamoun, Nibal (2022-03-02)

Background There is limited published data in Lebanon evaluating the impact of supplemental education for anticoagulants use, especially DOACs, on clinical outcomes such as bleeding. The study aims to assess the impact ...
Impact of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation on admission to internal medicine service

Karaoui, Lamis R.; Chamoun, Nibal; Fakhir, Jessica; Abi Ghanem, Wael; Droubi, Sarah; Marzouk, Abdul Rahman Diab; Droubi, Nabila; Masri, Hiba; Ramia, Elsy (2019-11-06)

Background The Institute for Healthcare Improvement identifies medication reconciliation as the shared responsibility of nurses, pharmacists, and physicians, where each has a defined role. The study aims to assess the ...
Implications of an inpatient warfarin dosing nomogram on safety outcomes post-discharge

Chamoun, Nibal; Macias, C. Gabriela; Donovan, Jennifer L.; Klugman, Robert; Gore, Joel; Salameh, Pascale; Tran, Maichi T. (2017-12-19)

Many hospitals have implemented warfarin dosing nomograms to improve patient safety. To our knowledge, no study has assessed the impact inpatient warfarin initiation has in both medical and surgical patients, on safety ...
Managing Endothelial Dysfunction in COVID-19

Matli, Kamal; Al Kotob, Abdulrahman; Jamaleddine, Wassim; Al Osta, Soad; Salameh, Pascale; Tabbikha, Rami; Chamoun, Nibal; Moussawi, Ahmad; Saad, Jean-Michel; Atwi, Gibran; Abu Saad, Tarik; Jamal, Omar; Mokhbat, Jacques; Ghanem, Georges (2022-03-14)

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Pharmacologically targeting the different mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction may improve clinical outcomes and lead to reduced ...
Prevalence, correlates and management of hyperglycemia in diabetic non-critically Ill patients at a tertiary care center in Lebanon

El Khoury, Ghada; Mansour, Hanine; Kabbara, Wissam K.; Chamoun, Nibal; Atallah, Nadim; Salameh, Pascale (2019-02-20)

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease that affects 387 million people around the world. Episodes of hyperglycemia in hospitalized diabetic patients are associated with poor clinical outcomes and ...
A Prospective observational cohort of clinical outcomes in medical inpatients prescribed pharmacological thromboprophylaxis using different clinical risk assessment models (COMPT RAMs)

Chamoun, Nibal; Matta, Stephanie; Aderian, Sandrine Sarine; Salibi, Rami; Salameh, Pascale; Tayeh, Gaby; Haddad, Elie; Ghanem, Hady (2022-03-11)

The Caprini and Padua venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment models (RAMs) are used to assess VTE risk in surgical and in medical patients respectively. This study aims to compare the proportion of medical inpatients ...
Role of combining anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents in COVID-19 treatment

Matli, Kamal; Farah, Raymond; Maalouf, Mario; Chamoun, Nibal; Costanian, Christy; Ghanem, Georges (2022-03-10)

Although primarily affecting the respiratory system, COVID-19 causes multiple organ damage. One of its grave consequences is a prothrombotic state that manifests as thrombotic, microthrombotic and thromboembolic events. ...
Value of pharmacy services upon admission to an orthopedic surgery unit

El Ouweini, Ahmad; Karaoui, Lamis R.; Chamoun, Nibal; Assi, Chahine; Yammine, Kaissar; Ramia, Elsy (2022-03-16)

Background In Lebanon, the role of the pharmacist remains underestimated in the medication reconciliation process, especially in surgical departments. This study aims to assess the impact of pharmacist-conducted medication ...

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