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View article: Treatment patterns of empirical antibiotic therapies for critically ill patients with sepsis: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam
Treatment patterns of empirical antibiotic therapies for critically ill patients with sepsis: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam Open
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View article: ToolBrain: A Flexible Reinforcement Learning Framework for Agentic Tools
ToolBrain: A Flexible Reinforcement Learning Framework for Agentic Tools Open
Effective tool use is essential for agentic AI, yet training agents to utilize tools remains challenging due to manually designed rewards, limited training data, and poor multi-tool selection, resulting in slow adaptation, wasted computati…
View article: HLA-B*58:01 genotyping prevalence and the association with allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions: a living systematic review and meta-analysis
HLA-B*58:01 genotyping prevalence and the association with allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions: a living systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Evidence on the prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 genotyping and its association with allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) is lacking, especially in low-resource settings. We addressed these gaps by conducting comprehensi…
View article: Concerns and recommendations: antiplatelet agents and cancer prevention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Concerns and recommendations: antiplatelet agents and cancer prevention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Open
View article: Quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receiving cytotoxic and cytotoxic plus targeted therapy
Quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receiving cytotoxic and cytotoxic plus targeted therapy Open
Compared with those on CyT alone, patients with mCRC receiving Cy-TaT showed improved overall H/QoL, functional scales, and symptom scales/items. These benefits were consistent across most subgroups of chemotherapy, with the greatest impro…
View article: Ethical interventions: revisiting the assessment tools for health-system pharmacists
Ethical interventions: revisiting the assessment tools for health-system pharmacists Open
View article: Masked uncontrolled hypertension in patients with end-stage kidney disease on in-center hemodialysis
Masked uncontrolled hypertension in patients with end-stage kidney disease on in-center hemodialysis Open
View article: Empirical versus pre-emptive antifungal therapies for invasive fungal infections in critically ill patients
Empirical versus pre-emptive antifungal therapies for invasive fungal infections in critically ill patients Open
View article: Correspondence: insulin resistance and chronic kidney disease in patients without diabetes
Correspondence: insulin resistance and chronic kidney disease in patients without diabetes Open
Future investigations on the association between insulin resistance in people without diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) should consider the following aspects to facilitate causal inference and provide more robust findings. The stud…
View article: Antihypertensive drug-related problems in Vietnamese ambulatory care
Antihypertensive drug-related problems in Vietnamese ambulatory care Open
View article: Counseling Preferences Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Implications for Personalized Care
Counseling Preferences Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Implications for Personalized Care Open
Background: In Vietnam, diabetes‐related knowledge and self‐management practices remain suboptimal, with limited interventions addressing the diverse counseling needs of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. This study is aimed at identifying th…
View article: Knowledge and Practices of Foot Care and Associated Factors Among Patients With Diabetes in Vietnam: A Survey at a Single Center From 2021 to 2022
Knowledge and Practices of Foot Care and Associated Factors Among Patients With Diabetes in Vietnam: A Survey at a Single Center From 2021 to 2022 Open
Background: Foot care education is recognized as essential for preventing diabetic foot ulcers. The current approach to diabetic foot care education in Vietnam relies predominantly on nonstandardized, random educational interventions and l…
View article: Impact of multifaceted interventions on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of adverse drug reactions reporting among healthcare workers in Vietnam: a comparative intervention study
Impact of multifaceted interventions on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of adverse drug reactions reporting among healthcare workers in Vietnam: a comparative intervention study Open
Background Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and ADRs reporting among healthcare workers were related to the quality and ADRs reporting rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the m…
View article: Digitalization and its impact on commercial banks’ profitability in Vietnam
Digitalization and its impact on commercial banks’ profitability in Vietnam Open
Amid the rapid development of the digital economy in Vietnam, traditional industries, including commercial banking, must recognize digitalization as both a prevailing trend and an essential requirement for sustainable development. This stu…
View article: Co-infections and secondary infections amid COVID-19 outbreaks in Vietnam
Co-infections and secondary infections amid COVID-19 outbreaks in Vietnam Open
Compared with the non-CoI/ScI group, patients with CoI/ScI had a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality, regardless of resistance status. More evidence is needed to confirm the mortality risks in patients with fungal or bacterial…
View article: Step-Based Dosing of Anticoagulants in COVID-19 Treatment
Step-Based Dosing of Anticoagulants in COVID-19 Treatment Open
In adults hospitalized with moderate-to-severe COVID-19, compared with standard PrA, the step-based dose-increasing therapy was associated with a lower composite risk of all-cause mortality, ICU admission, stroke, or VTE without evidence o…
View article: Corrigendum: Antimicrobial stewardship program for gastrointestinal surgeries at a Vietnamese tertiary hospital
Corrigendum: Antimicrobial stewardship program for gastrointestinal surgeries at a Vietnamese tertiary hospital Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1345698.].
View article: Antimicrobial stewardship program for gastrointestinal surgeries at a Vietnamese tertiary hospital
Antimicrobial stewardship program for gastrointestinal surgeries at a Vietnamese tertiary hospital Open
Background Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) have been applied widely in high-resource countries to prevent surgical site infections (SSI). Evidence favoring ASP interventions (ASPi) in gastrointestinal surgeries from low and middle…
View article: Effects of antivirals on patients with COVID-19 breakthrough
Effects of antivirals on patients with COVID-19 breakthrough Open
View article: Emergence of <i>Candida auris</i> in Vietnam: A case series
Emergence of <i>Candida auris</i> in Vietnam: A case series Open
Candida auris (C. auris), a globally emerging pathogen, has posed a significant threat to hospitalized individuals during the COVID-19 in Vietnam. This case series reported (1) common patterns in five patients with non-multidrug-resistant …
View article: The pharmacogenomics of carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reaction in the South of Vietnam
The pharmacogenomics of carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reaction in the South of Vietnam Open
Background: The relationship between HLA-B*15:02 and Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions was rigorously examined in Japanese, Han Chinese, Thais, and Caucasians. However, the number of studies about this topic in Vietnamese population is st…
View article: Clinical use of remdesivir in COVID-19 treatment: a retrospective cohort study
Clinical use of remdesivir in COVID-19 treatment: a retrospective cohort study Open
Objectives This study investigated remdesivir’s clinical use to provide direct evidence of effectiveness for a low-middle income Asian setting. Design A one-to-one propensity score matching retrospective cohort study. Setting A tertiary ho…
View article: Knowledge and medication adherence of oral anticoagulant-taking patients in Vietnam
Knowledge and medication adherence of oral anticoagulant-taking patients in Vietnam Open
Good knowledge and adherence of oral anticoagulant-taking patients remain limited in Southeast Asian clinical practice. Further studies in similar settings should examine the associations between these factors and the effectiveness of the …
View article: One Health: An Effective and Ethical Approach to Leptospirosis Control in Australia
One Health: An Effective and Ethical Approach to Leptospirosis Control in Australia Open
The increasing concerns over emerging infectious diseases and potential pandemics led to the formation of One Health, a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to address the risks from human–animal–ecosystem interactions. This multi-sec…
View article: A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance with Artificial Intelligence
A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance with Artificial Intelligence Open
Recent years have witnessed the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) management, implying a positive signal in the fight against antibiotic-resistant microbes. The impact of AI starts with data collection …
View article: Role of clinical pharmacists in epilepsy management at a general hospital in Vietnam: a before-and-after study
Role of clinical pharmacists in epilepsy management at a general hospital in Vietnam: a before-and-after study Open
Background Clinical pharmacists have an important role in inter-professional healthcare collaboration for epilepsy management. However, the pharmacy practices of managing epilepsy are still limited in Vietnam, deterring pharmacists from ro…
View article: The effect of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy: a randomized controlled trial
The effect of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy: a randomized controlled trial Open
Context: The benefit of early switching from intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) antibiotic therapy has been controversial during the last few decades. Aims: To evaluate the effect of early switching from IV to PO antibiotics on treatment outcom…