Publications by authors named "W C Cottrell"
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are increasingly recognized as a threat to non-target species including native wildlife. Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are generally considered deep forest inhabitants that are not expected to have high exposure to ARs. To evaluate the distribution and levels of ARs in fishers, we analyzed liver samples from fisher carcasses (N = 45) opportunistically trapped across Vermont and New Hampshire between 2018 and 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Today, older adult patients routinely undergo kidney transplantation. To support graft survival, patients must take immunosuppressant medicines for the rest of their lives. The post-transplant medication regimen is complex, and barriers to medication taking are likely confounded by both functional and intrinsic changes associated with advancing age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeople with chronic disease often have poor comprehension of their disease and medications, which can negatively affect health outcomes. In a randomised-controlled trial, we found that patients with decompensated cirrhosis who received a pharmacist-led, patient-oriented education and medication management intervention (n = 57) had greater knowledge of cirrhosis and key self-care tasks compared with usual care (n = 59). Intervention patients also experienced improved quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To pilot the Describing and Evaluating community Pharmacy practice to Improve patients' Care and Treatment (DEPICT) tool to determine its utility in collecting data about Australian community pharmacist activities and patient-related encounters.
Methods: DEPICT tool was developed and tested. Two pharmacy students recruited study patients and collected data in four urban pharmacies.