Pharmacokinetic profile of valganciclovir in pediatric transplant recipients.

We evaluated the pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous ganciclovir and oral valganciclovir in transplant children. Median AUC0-24 concentrations obtained after intravenous and oral formulations were 22.9 µg•h/mL (range, 17-65.

Quebec breast cancer screening program: a study of the perceptions of physicians in Laval, Que.

Objective: To identify physicians' perceptions of breast cancer prevention in order to generate strategies to increase women's participation in the Quebec breast cancer screening program (QBCSP).

Design: Qualitative study using archival data and in-depth interviews.

Setting: Laval, Que, a suburban city north of Montreal.

Pharmaceutical care in an inpatient pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant service.

Introduction: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients represent a population at high risk for drug-related problems. Our objective is to describe pharmacist interventions in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant pediatric unit. METHODS AND PATIENTS.

Program to monitor surface contamination by methotrexate in a hematology-oncology satellite pharmacy.

Purpose: The results of contamination monitoring during a one-year pilot period are described.

Summary: A hematology-oncology satellite pharmacy conducted contamination monitoring for one year, using methotrexate as the index marker. From January 12, 2005, to December 21, 2005, 40 sampling sessions occurred during which 238 wipe samples (excluding positive controls) were collected.