Objectives: Pevonedistat is a new cytotoxic used in association with azacitidine for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. The manufacturer indicates an 18-hour stability after dilution in dextrose 5% or 0.9% sodium chloride (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMucosal surfaces serve as the primary entry points for pathogens such as SARS- CoV-2 coronavirus or HIV in the human body. Mucosal vaccination plays a crucial role to successfully induce long-lasting systemic and local immune responses to confer sterilizing immunity. However, antigen formulations and delivery methods must be properly selected since they are decisive for the quality and the magnitude of the elicited immune responses in mucosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In intensive care units, the mixing of injectable drugs via Y-site administration is often necessary. However, some mixtures can lead to physical incompatibility or chemical instability. To assist healthcare professionals, several databases such as Stabilis compile compatibility and stability data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChild Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
September 2022
Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, we developed the Compassionate Home, Action Together program, (CHATogether) to support the mental health of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. CHATogether is a culturally informed and virtually delivered support program that harnesses the talents of AAPI teens, young adults, parents, and mental health professionals who share a commitment to serve their local communities.
Methods: Our objective was to identify the active components, optimal utilization, potential benefits, and pertinent limitations of the CHATogether program during the 3 years since its inception in 2019.
Food-processing and pharmaceutical industries share a lot of stability issues against the same physical, chemical, and microbiological phenomena. They also share some solutions to improve the stability as the use of preservatives and packaging. Ecological concerns lead to the development of tremendous innovations in food.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the (HMW) and the (CMW).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of continuous infusion to improve the therapeutic efficacy of time-dependent antibiotics has been demonstrated. There is still a lack of data to safely perform these continuous infusions. The objectives in this study were to evaluate the stability by using stability-indicating methods (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) of 16 antibiotics in concentrated solutions, especially for administration in intensive care units and solutions in elastomeric diffusers at 37 °C for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.
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May 2022
Ibrutinib is a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor used in B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. Patients with genetic BTK deficiency are susceptible to recurrent and severe Campylobacter infections. We report 4 patients treated with ibrutinib who developed chronic or extra-digestive campylobacteriosis resembling ibrutinib-related adverse events including diarrhea (n = 4), panniculitis (n = 2), and arthritis (n = 1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cefiderocol is a new siderophore time-dependent antibiotic of last resort. The manufacturer reports a stability of 6 hours for the infusion solution diluted in normal saline (NS) or dextrose 5% in water (D5W) for a concentration between 7.5 and 20 mg/mL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh particle concentrations are observed in the streets. Regional-scale chemistry-transport models are not able to reproduce these high concentrations, because their spatial resolution is not fine enough. Local-scale models are usually employed to simulate the high concentrations in street networks, but they often adopt substantial simplifications to determine background concentrations and use simplified chemistry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: According to the manufacturers, the concentration of etoposide solutions should not exceed 0.4 mg/mL due to a risk of precipitation. Stability studies at higher concentrations were conducted and notably demonstrated 28 day stability up to 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Opioid-free anaesthesia is a treatment strategy of pain management based on the use of drugs such as lidocaine, ketamine and dexmedetomidine that do not interact significantly with opioid receptors. In particular, these drugs are used by anaesthesiologists to ensure adequate levels of analgesia during surgical procedures for burn patients such as daily wound dressings and graft surgeries. Furthermore, for hypothermia prevention and wound-healing purposes, ambient temperature must be kept high for these patients, usually between 27°C and 30°C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Nefopam has been reported to be effective in postoperative pain control with an opioid-sparing effect, but the use of nefopam can lead to nausea and vomiting. To prevent these side effects, droperidol can be mixed with nefopam. In intensive care units, high concentrations of nefopam and droperidol in syringes can be used with a continuous flow.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: According to the manufacturers, the diluted solution of etoposide should not exceed 0.4 mg/mL because precipitation may occur. For high doses or for patients requiring fluid restrictions, etoposide phosphate may be an option but shortages occurs frequently.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In severe infections, high-concentration vancomycin may be administered by continuous infusion. The dosage of vancomycin may reach 60 mg/kg per day.
Objectives: To study the feasibility of preparing high-concentration vancomycin solutions (40 to 83.
What Is Known And Objective: Two forms of ifosfamide are commercially available in France: HOLOXAN® (brand-name drug) and IFOSFAMIDE EG® (generic drug). Following the marketing launch of the generic drug, there has been a significant increase in cases of ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy reported in France. Our objective is to compare the incidence of ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy in adult patients treated with HOLOXAN® or IFOSFAMIDE EG®.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Norepinephrine is usually used in emergency situations such as in intensive care units (ICUs) for the restoration of blood pressure. The objective was to study the stability of highly-concentrated solutions of norepinephrine at 0.50mg/mL and 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new function on the international database Stabilis has been created: a database of research teams involved in stability and compatibility studies of drugs. The first part is descriptive. For each team, the list of publications and of molecules studied can be edited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrench preparation guidelines state that pharmacy staff who manipulate cytotoxic drugs have to follow specific training. In order to assess the pharmaceutical assistants' skills and knowledge, we developed a "Cytotoxic Preparation Centralized Unit (CPCU) of errors," derived from the Canadian concept of "Chamber of horrors." A table listing 20 mistakes to track down was created and each pharmaceutical assistant spent 20 min in the "CPCU of errors" with the pharmacist, who wrote down the spotted mistakes in real time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrovirus-derived virus-like particles (VLPs) are particularly interesting vaccine platforms, as they trigger efficient humoral and cellular immune responses and can be used to display heterologous antigens. In this study, we characterized the intrinsic immunogenicity of VLPs and investigated their possible adjuvantization by incorporation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands. We designed a noncoding single-stranded RNA (ncRNA) that could be encapsidated by VLPs and induce TLR7/8 signaling.
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