• Assessment of the awareness and usages of family planning methods in the Lebanese community 

  El Khoury, Ghada; Salameh, Pascale

  Background Worldwide, one in three women has unmet family planning (FP) needs because of difficulties in accessing or using contraceptives. In Lebanon, information from the scientific literature on the national prevalence ...
• 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

  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 ...
• Factors associated with functional disability among Lebanese elderly living in rural areas 

  Zgheib, Elias; Ramia, Elsy; Hallit, Souheil; Boulos, Christa; Salameh, Pascale

  The objective is to describe disability risk factors in Lebanese elderly living in rural settings, focusing on the role of polypharmacy, alcohol consumption, and nutrition. The Aging and Malnutrition in Elderly Lebanese ...
• Medication safety knowledge, attitude, and practice among hospital pharmacists in Lebanon 

  Hallit, Souheil; Hajj, Aline; Shuhaiber, Patricia; Iskandar, Katia; Ramia, Elsy; Sacre, Hala; Salameh, Pascale

  Background Studies showed that pharmacists have little experience with adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting due to insufficient knowledge of the concept of ADR and pharmacovigilance (PV). There is an urge to assess ...
• Medication safety spontaneous reporting system 

  Akel, Marwan; Ramia, Elsy; Hallit, Souheil; Lahoud, Nathalie; Zaytoun, Abeer; Harb, Maya; Hajj, Hind; Shuhaiber, Patricia; Sacre, Hala; Salameh, Pascale; Zeenny, Rony M.

  Background: The increase in medication use and expansion of the pharmaceutical industry has led to an increase in hazards, errors and adverse events associated with medication use. In Lebanon, medication safety reporting ...
• Non-activated prothrombin complex concentrates for major bleeding in patients on apixaban and rivaroxaban 

  Sheikh-Taha, Marwan
• Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus acidominimus 

  Kabbara, Wissam K.; Azar-Atallah, Shirine

  Purpose A case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus acidominimus is reported. Summary An 81-year-old Caucasian man underwent an elective transcatheter aortic valve implantation due to his severe aortic ...
• 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.

  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 ...
• 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

  Current Trends in Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Lebanon Show all authors Nibal Chamoun, Ulfat Usta, Lamis R. Karaoui, ... First Published January 19, 2019 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0018578718823733 Article ...
• Enoxaparin 20 mg for thromboprophylaxis in severe renal impairment 

  Karaoui, Lamis R.; Tawil, Samah; Salameh, Pascale; Chamoun, Nibal

  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 ...
• Prospective evaluation of vancomycin therapeutic usage and trough levels monitoring 

  Kabbara, Wissam K.; El-Khoury, Ghada; Chamas, Nour R.

  Introduction: Vancomycin is the cornerstone of parenteral therapy for serious methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Optimal dosing of vancomycin is patient specific due to its narrow therapeutic window. ...
• Molecular and functional analysis of anchorage independent, treatment-evasive neuroblastoma tumorspheres with enhanced malignant propertiesor radio-therapy resistance 

  Abou-Antoun, Tamara J.; Nazarian, Javad; Ghanem, Anthony; Vukmanovic, Stanislav; Sandler, Anthony D.

  Despite significant advances in cancer treatment and management, more than 60% of patients with neuroblastoma present with very poor prognosis in the form of metastatic and aggressive disease. Solid tumors including ...
• Cancer stem cells in neuroblastoma 

  Bahmad, Hisham F.; Chamaa, Farah; Assi, Sahar; Chalhoub, Reda M.; Abou-Antoun, Tamara; Abou-Kheir, Wassim

  Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor often diagnosed in childhood. Despite intense efforts to develop a successful treatment, current available therapies are still challenged by high rates of ...
• Cost-effectiveness of novel treatment of hepatitis C virus in Lebanese patients 

  Nasser, Soumana C.; Mansour, Hanine; Abi Nader, Tatiana; Metni, Mirna

  Background Limited data is available on Hepatitis C disease prevalence, treatment initiation and its cost-effectiveness in Lebanon and the whole Middle East. Objective The aim of the study is to assess whether initiation ...
• Managed entry agreements for pharmaceutical products in Middle East and North African countries 

  Maskineh, Christiane; Nasser, Soumana C.

  Objectives The first objective is to describe current managed entry agreement (MEA) activity in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region and the pharmaceutical decision makers’ perception and use of these agreements; ...
• 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

  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 ...
• Breathing regulation and blood gas homeostasis after near complete lesions of the retrotrapezoid nucleus in adult rats 

  Souza, George M.P.; Kanbar, Roy; Stornetta, Daniel S.; Abbott, Stephen B.G.; Stornetta, Ruth L.; Guyenet, Patrice G.

  The retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) is one of several CNS nuclei that contribute, in various capacities (e.g. CO2 detection, neuronal modulation) to the central respiratory chemoreflex (CRC). Here we test how important the ...
• Idarucizumab for Reversal of Dabigatran 

  Sheikh‑Taha, Marwan

  Background Idarucizumab is used to reverse the effects of dabigatran. Information on the use of idarucizumab in the clinical setting remains very limited. Objective The objective of this study was to describe clinical ...
• Sufi terms and their translation from Arabic to English. Diwân al-hallâ? as a case study 

  Affeich, Andrée; Azzam, Maya

  The translation of Sufi poetry is a relatively unexplored topic. This paper examines the challenges a translator may encounter when translating Sufi terminology into English, covering the formation of Sufi terms, their ...
• Impact des pompes d'efflux (abcb1 et abcg2) de la barrière hémato-encéphalique sur le passage cérébral du riluzole et de la minocycline 

  Milane, Aline (pharmacie (Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine), )

  La sclérose latérale amyotrophique (SLA) est une maladie neurodégénérative fatale. Le seul traitement ayant reçu l'AMM est le riluzole (RLZ). La minocycline (MNC) a montré être neuroprotectrice dans un modèle murin de SLA. ...

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