Publications by authors named "Van Hellerslia"

Background: In the United States, limited English proficiency may reduce the quality of care and worsen outcomes after stroke. The aim was to compare stroke process measures and clinical outcomes between English preferring and non-English preferring stroke patients.

Methods/materials: This single-center retrospective cohort study evaluated patients from one United States hospital with acute ischemic stroke between July 2013 and June 2022.

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Background: Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) may experience a variety of visible and invisible symptoms and, as they age, comorbidities related and unrelated to their MS. This can result in a complex medication regimen that includes disease-modifying therapies, symptom management drugs, and prescriptions for other comorbid disorders.

Methods: We reviewed the existing literature to discover how to optimally integrate neurology clinical pharmacists into the MS care team and how clinical pharmacists can directly support both providers and patients through their expertise in pharmacology and medication management.

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Purpose: This reflection utilizing Gibb's model offers insight into the lived experience of a Vietnamese child refugee who, many years later, found herself working as a pharmacist with Afghan refugees.

Description: Through this piece, the author describes her childhood experience with the United States (US) healthcare system as a refugee, her experience as a pharmacist caring for refugees, and explores her thoughts and feelings about the experience.

Analysis/interpretation: The author evaluates the positive and negative aspects of the situation and analyzes the experience to make sense of the situation.

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More than a third of patients with epilepsy cannot achieve freedom from seizures despite taking multiple medications. This article compares brivaracetam to levetiracetam, and provides guidelines for the safe and effective use of brivaracetam.

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