Lina Naseralallah

• Doctor of Pharmacy
• Clinical pharmacist at Hamad Medical Corporation

Background Medication errors are avoidable events that may occur at any stage of the medication use process. Implementing a clinical pharmacist is one strategy that is believed to reduce the number of medication errors. Pediatric patients, who are more vulnerable to medication errors due to several contributing factors, may benefit from the interve...

Bilotti et al’s [1] recent excellent report on the prevalence of tubular and glomerular dysfunction in patients with HCV infection on direct acting antiviral (DAA) agents, and their evolution following HCV clearance adds to recent attempts at exploring the subclinical role of KIM‐1 (amongst other markers of tubular dysfunction) as early biomarkers...

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rising morbidity amongst hospitalized patients. Whilst clinical protocols for the management of individual DRESS cases have been well established, determination of potential prevention of these cases by utilizing novel "avoidability" tools has remained unexplored. This retr...

Background Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is a rising morbidity amongst patients with COVID-19 clinical syndrome. The updated RUCAM causality assessment scale is validated for use in the general population, but its utility for causality determination in cohorts of patients with COVID-19 and DILI remains uncertain. Methods This retrospective stud...

Introduction Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety and are prevalent in all health-care settings. This umbrella review aims to systematically evaluate the evidence on contributory factors to medication errors in health-care settings in terms of the nature of these factors, methodologies and theories used to identify and...

ABSTRACT Background: To elucidate the role of clinical pharmacists in rehabilitation programmes by examining the type, severity, medications involved, and the level of acceptance of pharmacists’ interventions Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI) in Doha, Qatar. Clinical pharmacists’ intervention...

Despite its pivotal role in drug metabolism, the exact consequences of rising medica-tions count from various therapeutic drug classes on mortality outcomes amongst patients with chronic liver disease remains unexplored. In this study, we investigated the effect of different polypharmacy phenotypes on clinical outcomes including the length of hospi...

Introduction Medication errors occur at any point of the medication management process and are a major cause of death and harm globally. The perioperative environment introduces challenges in identifying medication errors due to the frequent use of time-sensitive, high-alert medications in a dynamic and intricate setting. Pharmacists could potentia...

Background Heparin and its derivates, including unfractionated heparin (UFH) and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), are among the most commonly used anticoagulants. Nonetheless, their use has been associated with hyperkalemia. Objective To determine and compare the incidence, magnitude, and potential risk factors of hyperkalemia in patients rece...

Depression is the most frequent psychiatric condition experienced in stroke survivors. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are frequently used as first‐line antidepressants; however, they have been strongly associated with hyponatremia which, in poststroke patients, can worsen outcomes. This study aims to determine and compare the incid...

Abstract Background: Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication of diabetes that significantly increases the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). A critical concern in managing patients with diabetic nephropathy is the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), which can exacerbate kidney dys...

Background Resistant hypertension (RH) is linked to higher risks of cardiovascular events and there remains an unmet therapeutic need driven by pathophysiologic pathways unaddressed by guideline-recommended therapy. Whilst spironolactone is considered the preferred fourth-line therapy, its broad application is limited by its safety profile. Aprocit...

Purpose To provide an insight into the role of a clinical pharmacy initiative in a surgical urology unit through evaluating the nature, significance, associated medications, and acceptance rate of pharmacist interventions. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC), Doha, Qatar. Data related to clinical pha...

Background The perioperative arena is a unique and challenging environment that requires coordination of the complex processes and involvement of the entire care team. Pharmacists’ scope of practice has been evolving to be patient-centered and to expand to variety of settings including perioperative settings. Objectives To critically appraise, syn...

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Background Pharmacy practice research often focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of pharmacy services and interventions. The use of behavioural theory in intervention research allows understanding of interventions’ mechanisms of action and are more likely to result in effective and sustained interventions. Aim To collate, summarise...

Purpose This study aimed to explore emergency pharmacy workforce perspectives and experiences in providing pharmaceutical care during mass gathering events (i.e., FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™). Methods A qualitative methodology was employed using focus groups discussions. Emergency pharmacists across Hamad Medical Corporation were invited to partici...

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Medication-related problems (MRPs) are prevalent throughout healthcare systems, whereby pharmacy-based interventions are pivotal to reducing occurrence. In the Middle East, including Qatar, the professional roles of pharmacists have been expanding to improve patient safety. This study aimed to characterize and analyze pharmacist-led interventions a...

Background: Medication errors are common events that compromise patient safety. Outpatient and ambulatory settings enhance access to healthcare which has been linked to favorable outcomes. While medication errors have been extensively researched in inpatient settings, there is dearth of literature from outpatient settings. Aim: To synthesize the...

Background: Despite its central role in drug metabolism, the exact prevalence estimates and factors affecting global trends of polypharmacy in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) have remained unexamined. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy in patients with CLD and to comprehensiv...

Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the level of preparedness of pharmacists working in the emergency department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) for any emergency disasters that may take place during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ by evaluating their awareness (A), attitude (A), and readiness (R). Methods A cross-sectional quantitative o...

Background: The safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in the outpatient setting has been extensively studied; however, there need to be more reports that specifically assess their safety in the inpatient population. It is hence imperative to explore the adverse drug reaction (ADR) profile in this population and monitor the progression of these ADRs...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Peptide-based multi-targeting agonists represent a new paradigm in metabolic pharmacology as they manifest multiplexed pharmacological actions over mono-agonists. Tirzepatide is a novel dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (...

Background and objectives: Polypharmacy and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are becoming increasingly common due to an ageing population and the rise of multimorbidity. In line with the therapeutic guidelines, managing CKD and its complications necessitates prescribing multiple medications, which predisposes patients to polypharmacy. The aim of this s...

Background A rigorous learning needs assessment (LNA) is a crucial initial step in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) process. This scoping review aimed to collate, summarize, and categorize the reported LNA approaches adopted to inform healthcare professional CPD and highlight the gaps for further research. Method In August 2020, nine...

Polypharmacy in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a rising morbidity that exacts hefty economic burden on health budgets in addition to other adverse clinical outcomes. Despite recent advances, uncertainty remains around its exact definition in PLWHA. In this systematic review and Meta-analysis, we explored relevant databases (PUBMED, EMBASE,...

Background despite its central role in drug metabolism the exact prevalence estimates and factors impacting on the global trends of polypharmacy in patients with chronic liver disease has remained unexamined. Methods We carried a comprehensive search of relevant databases (PubMed; EMBASE, Science citation index Cochrane Database of Systematic Revi...

Background Despite its central role in drug metabolism, there is still residual uncertainty regarding the rising burden as well as exact definition of polypharmacy in patients with chronic liver disease. Methods We carried out a systematic search of EMBASE, PUBMED, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Science Citation Index, and Database of Ab...

What is known and objective: The scope of clinical pharmacy services has changed during COVID-19 pandemic with the view to mitigating both exposure and spread of the virus. The performance of novel pandemic-driven services such as tele-pharmacy has remained unexplored, until now. The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of healthcar...

What is known and objective: The pharmacist's role has evolved dramatically over the last few decades and shows considerable impact globally. The aim of this systematic review was to describe the nature and extent of studies evaluating the impact of pharmacist-provided services on clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes in different healthcare...

This study answers the question of whether the healthcare costs of managing COVID-19 in pre-existing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) patients increased or decreased as a consequence of evidence-based efforts to optimize the initial COVID-19 management protocol in a CVD group of patients. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in pre-existing CVD...

Polypharmacy in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a rising morbidity that exacts hefty economic burden on health budgets in addition to other adverse clinical outcomes. Despite recent attempts, uncertainty remains around its exact definition in PLWHA. In this synthesis, we explored relevant databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, CROI) for studies evaluati...

Background The scope of clinical pharmacy services has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic with the view to mitigating both exposure and spread of the virus. The performance of novel pandemic-driven services such as tele-pharmacy has remained unexplored, until now. To investigate the perceptions of healthcare providers of the impact of tele-pharma...

The need for continuing professional development (CPD) within the healthcare profession is well established. A rigorous learning need assessment (LNA) is a crucial initial step in the CPD process. Given the scarcity of the systematic and comprehensive approaches to the process of undertaking a LNA, this scoping review aims to collate the reported m...

Introduction Medication errors are avoidable events that can occur at any stage of the medication use process. They are widespread in healthcare systems and are linked to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Several strategies have been studied to reduce their occurrence including different types of pharmacy-based interventions. One of the...

Purpose Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rising morbidity amongst hospitalized patients. Significant uncertainty remains regarding its exact diagnostic tool. Whilst algorithms for management of index cases have been well established, examination of its potential preventability by utilizing novel “avoidabil...

Background: Medication errors are avoidable events that could occur at any stage of the medication use process. They are widespread in the healthcare system and are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Implementing a clinical pharmacist is one strategy that is believed to reduce medication errors in the general population incl...