Publications by authors named "Nancy Summers"
Background: Orodispersible film (ODF) formulation offers ease of use, convenience of administration, and other advantages, especially for patients who have difficulty in swallowing or are on liquid restriction compared with conventional oral formulations for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Objectives: These studies compared the bioequivalence of 50 mg sildenafil citrate ODF formulation (test drug) with the marketed 50 mg sildenafil citrate film-coated tablet (FCT) (Viagra; Pfizer, New York, NY) (reference drug), with and without water in 2 randomized cross-over studies.
Methods: Two randomized cross-over studies were conducted.
Optimizing trauma care delivery is paramount to saving lives on the battlefield. During the past decade of conflict, trauma care performance improvement at combat support hospitals and forward surgical teams in Afghanistan and Iraq has increased through Joint Trauma System and DoD Trauma Registry data collection, analysis, and rapid evidence-based adjustments to clinical practice guidelines. Although casualties have benefitted greatly from a trauma system and registry that improves hospital care, still lacking is a comprehensive and integrated system for data collection and analysis to improve performance at the prehospital level of care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem Being Addressed: Communication between oncologists at a regional cancer centre and family physicians caring for palliative cancer patients in the community was ineffective.
Objective Of Program: To improve communication between oncologists and family physicians by routine use of a template for dictated letters concerning follow-up care.
Program Description: A consultation letter template was constructed and tested at a single clinic.