Prepare for the long haul of drug monitoring.
Summary of "Prepare for the long haul of drug monitoring."
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Affiliation
Richard Gliklich is a professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston and president of Outcome Sciences, a medical patient registry firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Nature medicine
ISSN: 1546-170X
Pages: 848
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20689542
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm0810-848
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Biomarkers, Pharmacological
Measurable biological parameters that serve for drug development, safety and dosing (DRUG MONITORING).
Fetal Monitoring
Physiologic or biochemical monitoring of the fetus. It is usually done during LABOR, OBSTETRIC and may be performed in conjunction with the monitoring of uterine activity. It may also be performed prenatally as when the mother is undergoing surgery.
Drug Monitoring
The process of observing, recording, or detecting the effects of a chemical substance administered to an individual therapeutically or diagnostically.
Drug Carriers
Forms to which substances are incorporated to improve the delivery and the effectiveness of drugs. Drug carriers are used in drug-delivery systems such as the controlled-release technology to prolong in vivo drug actions, decrease drug metabolism, and reduce drug toxicity. Carriers are also used in designs to increase the effectiveness of drug delivery to the target sites of pharmacological actions. Liposomes, albumin microspheres, soluble synthetic polymers, DNA complexes, protein-drug conjugates, and carrier erythrocytes among others have been employed as biodegradable drug carriers.
Monitoring, Physiologic
The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.
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