Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing based on 2019 Beers criteria and the impact of pharmacist intervention in elderly patients with kidney diseases: A report from Iran.

Background And Aims: A potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is a pharmaceutical agent that poses a greater risk of harm than potential benefit to elderly patients. This study aimed to detect PIMs and their risk factors in hospitalized elderly patients with kidney disease.

Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed medication orders of elderly patients (≥65 years old) with kidney diseases admitted to the hospital.

Potential drug-drug interactions in a multi-center study of death cases of COVID-19: The significance of appropriate drug choice.

Objectives: The prevalence, types, severity, risk ratings, and common pairs of involved drugs, and the most important potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in coronavirus disease 2019 (-COVID-19) deceased cases were evaluated.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 157 confirmed COVID-19 deceased cases hospitalized in 27 province-wide hospitals. Patients' demographics and clinical data (including comorbidities, vital signs, length of in-hospital survival, electrocardiograms (ECGs), medications, and lab test results) were extracted.

Cytomegalovirus UL97 ganciclovir resistance mutations in kidney transplant recipients.

Objectives: Widespread and prolonged therapy with ganciclovir (GCV) may result in the emergence of GCV-resistant mutations in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genome. The aim of this study was to detect the UL97 mutations associated with GCV resistance in kidney transplant recipients.

Methods: Forty-nine kidney recipients with positive HCMV DNAemia, who received GCV therapy were included in this study.

Patient empowerment through a user-centered design of an electronic personal health record: a qualitative study of user requirements in chronic kidney disease.

Background: To improve chronic disease outcomes, self-management is an effective strategy. An electronic personal health record (ePHR) is a promising tool with the potential to support chronic patient's education, counseling, and self-management. Fitting ePHRs within the daily practices of chronic care providers and chronic patients requires user-centered design approaches.

Treating post-renal transplant surgical site infection with combination therapy: a case study.

Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common and debilitating complications of surgery. The risk of SSI rises if the patient has underlying health-related risk factors. This article reports on the complicated case of 61-year-old female with a history of obesity and diabetes.