Examining the Frequency of Religious Practices among Hypertensive and Non-Hypertensive Black Men.

Although Black men in the United States face high rates of hypertension, the nexus of health and religion remain understudied for this population. The present study analyzes religious variables, such as prayer, Bible reading, and religious meditation, to describe the frequency of these practices among hypertensive and non-hypertensive Black men. This study utilizes data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) 3 - Milwaukee African American Sample series, with 135 Black men (51.

Attitudes toward vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from HBCU students.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among black college students and to explain students' reasoning behind their vaccine hesitancy.

Design: online survey completed in spring and summer of 2021. Students were recruited via email.

Emergency preparation and mitigation for COVID-19 response in an integrated pharmacy practice model.

Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive report is to share experiences in crisis response planning and risk mitigation at a university health system department of pharmacy with an integrated clinical practice model in the early months of the coronarvirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Summary: The department of pharmacy's COVID-19 pandemic response included successful planning and implementation of measures to maintain pharmacy operations and minimize COVID-19 exposure of patients and staff. These measures included ensuring adequate personnel staffing using flexible staffing solutions, ongoing assessment of supply chain integrity, and continuation of integrated clinical pharmacy services 24/7 throughout the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Optimizing treatment duration with ramucirumab and paclitaxel by managing chemotherapy-associated toxicity: Review of four cases.

Gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas have poor prognoses. Ramucirumab is considered a second-line standard of care for patients with these cancers. Patients may develop chemotherapy-induced adverse events, and physicians may benefit from greater familiarity with treatment management in the setting of common adverse events.

Impact of a Plan of Care Protocol on Patient Outcomes in People Who Inject Drugs With Infective Endocarditis.

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of deleterious sequelae due to infective endocarditis (IE). A standardized, hospital-wide drug use-associated infection protocol targeting medication safety, pain management, and limiting external risk factors was implemented at an academic medical center to improve outcomes in PWID with IE.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study included patients with active injection drug use and definite IE from January 2013 to July 2017 (preintervention group) and from September 2017 to January 2019 (intervention group).