Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Scholarly Publications)
Recent Submissions
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Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with psychotropic use in older adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland
(Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017-06-01)Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) are at increased risk of exposure to psychotropic drugs and psychotropic polypharmacy because of the higher prevalence of mental health conditions present and more ... -
Benefit of inhalation aromatherapy as a complementary treatment for stress and anxiety in a clinical setting - A systematic review
(2023)Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to ascertain the impact of inhalation aromatherapy on stress and anxiety in clinical settings. Methods: A search strategy was developed using various databases. ... -
Investigation of the Impact of Inhalation Aromatherapy on Relaxation and Wellbeing in a Young Adult Population
(2024)Background and Purpose: Aromatherapy is the systematic use of essential oils extracted from plants to support health and wellbeing. Recent clinical studies have shown that aromatherapy has potential benefits as a ... -
Public and Patient Involvement with a Descriptive Qualitative Study to Explore Household Medication Safety in People who were Cocooning during Covid-19.
(2021)Household medication safety during a pandemic. • Medication use is the most common healthcare intervention. • During the COVID-19 pandemic, people who are staying at home and reducing contact with other people for long ... -
Guided by theory, grounded in practice: evidence-based development of teaching resources for multisite interprofessional education
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Chemotherapy drug scheduling for the induction treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia
(2014)Leukemia is an immediately life-threatening cancer wherein immature blood cells are overproduced, accumulate in the bone marrow (BM) and blood and causes immune and blood system failure. Treatment with chemotherapy can ... -
Long-term cytokine-free expansion of cord blood mononuclear cells in three-dimensional scaffolds
(2011)Cord blood expansion ex vivo can be achieved in liquid suspension through the addition of cytokines at the expense of often undesirable cell differentiation. In order to derive a cytokine-free dynamic culture system, we ... -
The development of a three-dimensional scaffold for ex vivo biomimicry of human acute myeloid leukaemia
(2010)Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a cancer of haematopoietic cells that develops in three-dimensional (3-D) bone marrow niches in vivo. The study of AML has been hampered by lack of appropriate ex vivo models that mimic ... -
Dynamic human erythropoiesis in a three-dimensional perfusion bone marrow biomimicry
(2019)Traditional culture systems for human erythropoiesis lack microenvironmental niches, spatial marrow gradients and dense cellularity rendering them incapable of effectively translating marrow physiology ex vivo. Herein, a ... -
What is a prescription?
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Prescription for Purposeful Adaptation of Professionalism-and-Ethics Teaching Strategies for Remote Delivery.
(2021)This case report outlines the strategies underpinning the adaptation of professionalism and ethics strand (P&E) teaching for remote delivery on a Pharmacy programme in response to COVID-19 restrictions. In line with national ... -
Economic evaluation of a collaborative model of pharmaceutical care in an Irish hospital: cost-utility analysis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
(2023)Background: A complex, collaborative pharmaceutical care intervention including medication review and reconciliation demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in the prevalence of discharge medication error and ... -
Medication-Related Outcomes and Health Equity: Evidence for Pharmaceutical Care
(2023)Marginalised people experience diminished access to pharmaceutical care and worse medication-related outcomes than the general population. Health equity is a global priority. This article explores the key evidence of health ... -
Rating Scales to Measure Adverse Effects of Medications in People with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review
(2022)Purpose: Intellectual disability (ID) is a chronic neurodevelopmental condition characterised by limitations in intelligence and adaptive skills with an onset prior to the age of 18 years. People with ID have complex ...