Sarah Kadhim Abbood

Semmelweis University | SOTE · Faculty of Pharmacy

The objectives of this study were to measure the incidence and types of medication prescribing errors (MPEs) in Iraqi hospitals, to calculate for the first time the percentage of physician agreement with pharmacist medication regimen review (MRR) recommendations regarding MPEs, and to identify the factors influencing the physician agreement rate wi...

Background: The post-operative fluid therapies are considered a key part of surgical care and have attracted more attention and importance over the last period because of their remarkable impact on post-surgical outcomes. Several studies showed inappropriate and suboptimal therapy of intravenous fluid and associated with many compactions such as We...

The objective of this study was to measure organization factors that can influence the ability of nursing staff to prevent and detect ADEs in public hospitals using Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model. Methods: This was a multi-center cross-sectional study. The study included a self-administered paper-based survey which...

Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the current practice of postoperative fluid prescribing and assess the effectiveness of pharmacist-led intervention in the implementation of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fluid therapy guideline in an Iraqi hospital. Methods: The prospective interventional stu...

Opioid analgesic tolerance (OAT), among other central side effects, limits opioids’ indispensable clinical use for managing chronic pain. Therefore, there is an existing unmet medical need to prevent OAT. Extrasynaptic N-methyl D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) containing GluN2B subunit blockers delay OAT, indicating the involvement of glutamate in OA...

The current treatment of neuropathic pain (NP) is unsatisfactory; therefore, effective novel agents or combination-based analgesic therapies are needed. Herein, oral tolperisone, pregabalin, and duloxetine were tested for their antinociceptive effect against rat partial sciatic nerve ligation (pSNL)-induced tactile allodynia described by a decrease...

Despite the large arsenal of analgesic medications, neuropathic pain (NP) management is not solved yet. Angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) has been identified as a potential target in NP therapy. Here, we investigate the antiallodynic effect of AT1 blockers telmisartan and losartan, and particularly their combination with morphine on rat mononeur...

Background Tobacco smoking and substance use is a public health hazard. The investigations studying tobacco smoking, substance use, and their associated factors among Iraqi undergraduates are limited. Our study aimed to examine tobacco smoking, and substance use among medical undergraduates in Najaf, Iraq, and report associated characteristics. Me...

Dispensing antibiotics without a prescription (DAWRx) is a potential threat to global public health and can lead to antimicrobial abuse and resistance development. Further research is required to examine the characteristics of DAWRx practice in Iraq. This study aimed to investigate the practices of DAWRx in Iraqi community pharmacies. A semi-struct...

Introduction: The Perioperative fluid therapy gained greater than before attention in the latest years since several studies proved that the strategy for fluid therapy may affect the post- surgical outcomes. Weight gain and electrolyte disturbances are the most common complications associated with such therapy thus a new guideline was launched in 2...

The Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) is made from a Cadmium-Sulfide compound (CdS). CdS is a semiconductor material. The resistance of the LDR changes as the light level changes. More light produces more electron – hole pairs in the material, making the material a better conductor in light. Resistance decreases (conductivity increases) as light level...

The LDR controls the voltage on the transistor’s base. As it gets darker in the room, the voltage on the base will increase until the transistor is forward biased. This results in high current flowing from the transistor’s collector to the base. This collector current flows to the LED and is responsible for turning the LED on. 1. The light dependen...