Development of the Practice of Pharmaceutical Care for Cancer Pain Management in Outpatient Clinics Using the Delphi Method.

There exists no broad agreement of experts on the practice of pharmaceutical care for cancer pain management in outpatient clinics. This study aimed to use the Delphi consensus process to provide expert recommendations on the practice of cancer pain management in outpatient clinics from the point of view of pharmaceutical care in clinical practice and future clinical trials. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to draft the initial practice.

Correction: Effect of Physician-Pharmacist Participation in the Management of Ambulatory Cancer Pain Through a Digital Health Platform: Randomized Controlled Trial.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/24555.].

Effect of Physician-Pharmacist Participation in the Management of Ambulatory Cancer Pain Through a Digital Health Platform: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Self-management of ambulatory cancer pain is full of challenges. Motivated by the need for better pain management, we developed a WeChat-supported platform, Medication Housekeeper (MediHK), to enhance communication, optimize outcomes, and promote self-management in the home setting.

Objective: We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess whether the joint physician-pharmacist team through MediHK would provide better self-management of ambulatory patients with cancer pain.

Influencing factors of end-of-dose failure in patients with cancer pain after oral oxycodone sustained-release tablets: a retrospective, case-control study.

Objective: Comparing the characteristics of end-of-dose failure patients and non-end-of-dose failure patients in the Chinese population and exploring the factors that may affect the occurrence of end-of-dose failure in cancer pain patients.

Methods: The outpatient with cancer pain from 2016 to 2019 were collected through hospital information system, and patients were included who met the following criteria: patients with the average numerical rating scale  ≥4 points within 3 days after taking the oxycodone sustained-release preparation, titrated to an effective therapeutic dose suitable for patients, had at least two clinical visits information of the patient with a minimum of ≥3 days between visits, the average numerical rating scale of the next visit after the treatment of occasional pain is ≥4, and were divided into end-of-dose failure group and non-end-of-dose failure group.

Results: Age (P < 0.

[Surveillance of endemic situation of schistosomiasis in Gaoyou sections in east route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project before water transfer].

Objective: To understand the endemic situation of schistosomiasis and the distribution of Oncomelania hupensis snails in Gaoyou sections in the east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project before water transfer.

Methods: The Grand Canal, the Sanyang River and the range of 3 kilometers of both sides of the rivers were chosen as the surveillance area in the Gaoyou sections in the east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and the Gaoyou Lake area adjacent to the east route was also chosen as the surveillance area. The human and livestock schistosomiasis and Oncomelania hupensis snails were monitored by the conventional method.

[Investigation on HBsAg carrier rate of population in schistosomiasis transmission-interrupted area of Gaoyou City, 2010].

A total of 500 residents in a schistosomiasis transmission-interrupted area, Maogang Village of Gaoyou City were detected simultaneously for the infection status of schistosome and HBV, and the results showed that there was no significant difference between the HBsAg carrier rates of residents with and without the history of schistosomiasis, but the HBsAg carrier rates in some population were high, which needs more concern.