PHARMACY

Inhalation Drug Delivery

Nov 20, 2016 by in PHARMACY Comments Off on Inhalation Drug Delivery

1.1 Introduction The lung offers a unique and challenging route for drug delivery for the treatment of local respiratory and systemic diseases. Advances in drug formulation and inhalation device design…

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Fixed Drug Eruptions

Nov 20, 2016 by in PHARMACY Comments Off on Fixed Drug Eruptions

Fig. 17.1 Adult with multiple FDE due to a Cephalosporin Fig. 17.2 Recurrent localized FDE. Hyperpigmented patch with surrounding violaceous erythema Fig. 17.3 Bulla formation in localized FDE The first…

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Chemotherapy and Cutaneous Drug Reactions

Nov 20, 2016 by in PHARMACY Comments Off on Chemotherapy and Cutaneous Drug Reactions

Fig. 29.1 Xerosis: significant dryness of the skin of the foot Fig. 29.2 Xerosis: fissures of the hands Dry skin can be attributed to abnormal keratinocyte differentiation, which leads to…

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Neutrophilic Dermatoses

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Condition Appearance Location Histopathology Associations Sweet’s syndrome Papules, plaques, nodules Head, neck, upper extremity Massive papillary dermal edema, nodular and diffuse neutrophilic infiltration with karyorrhexis Fever, leukocytosis, arthralgias Pyoderma gangrenosum…

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Cutaneous Drug Reactions to Anticoagulants

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  Warfarin-induced skin necrosis Heparin-induced skin necrosis Heparin delayed-type hypersensitivity Incidence 0.01–0.1 % UFH: <3 % LMWH: <0.1 % 7.5 % Onset 90 % day 3–6 Almost all by day…

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Histopathology of Drug Reactions

Nov 20, 2016 by in PHARMACY Comments Off on Histopathology of Drug Reactions

and Beth Ruben2 (1) Pathology, Miraca Life Sciences, Irving, TX, USA (2) Dermatology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA   Abstract Cutaneous drug reactions can produce a variety…

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