Pharmacy

Pharmacy

1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.

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cerebral microdialysis

Health care; Pharmacy

A sampling method that allows continuous acquisition of a small volume of cerebral extracellular fluid specimens using a microdialysis probe inserted into the brain.

drug utilization review (DUR)

Health care; Pharmacy

A program related to outpatient pharmacy services designed to educate physicians and pharmacists in identifying and reducing the frequency and patterns of fraud, abuse, gross overuse, or ...

closed question

Health care; Pharmacy

A question on an interview or questionnaire in which a specific set of response options are provided.

direct method of rate standardization

A method of adjusting rates when comparing two or more populations; it requires knowledge of the specific rates for each category in the populations to be adjusted and the frequencies in at least one ...

classification and regression tree (CART) analysis

Health care; Pharmacy

A multivariate method used to detect significant relationships among variables which are then used to develop predictive models for classifying future subjects.

drug-related mortality

Health care; Pharmacy

* The incidence and prevalence of death associated with drug therapy * One aspect of the social need addressed in the philosophy of pharmaceutical care practice.

diastolic heart failure

Health care; Pharmacy

A condition caused by increased resistance to the filling of one or both ventricles; this leads to symptoms of congestion from the inappropriate upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume ...