Publications by authors named "Ai Horinouchi"
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is one of the most serious complications in older people with incontinence. Controlling urine property in absorbent pads could be effective for preventing IAD caused by bacterial urine. However, no animal model has been established to evaluate their effectiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The text discusses the negative effects of prolonged opioid use, particularly in cancer patients after completing radiation therapy (RT), highlighting the importance of managing opioid prescriptions effectively.
- A time-series analysis compared outcomes of patients who participated in a pharmacist-led opioid de-escalation (PLODE) program against a control group of similar patients who did not participate.
- Results indicated that participants in the PLODE program discontinued opioids significantly earlier than the control group, and none of them resumed opioid use or needed to increase their dosage due to pain.
Objectives: Medical oncologists and pharmacists at our institution established an integrated support program aimed at preventing unnecessary treatment interruption or dose reduction during oral targeted therapy with lenvatinib. Here, we evaluated the benefits of this program in managing patients with thyroid cancer receiving lenvatinib.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated thyroid cancer patients who received lenvatinib between May 2015 and March 2017.