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| David F BlackburnSummaryAffiliation: University of Saskatchewan Country: Canada Publications
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Proposing a redefinition of pharmaceutical careDavid F Blackburn
Patient Adherence, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 46:447-9. 2012..Consequently, the current definition of pharmaceutical care and its associated care processes need to be modified to ensure the activities of pharmacists are being focused on high-priority patients on a consistent basis...
Adherence to statins, beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors following a first cardiovascular event: a retrospective cohort studyDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Can J Cardiol 21:485-8. 2005..Population studies of statin adherence are generally restricted to one to two years of follow-up and do not analyze adherence to other drugs...
Cardiovascular morbidity associated with nonadherence to statin therapyDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pharmacotherapy 25:1035-43. 2005..To measure the extent of cardiovascular morbidity associated with nonadherence to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy...
Antihypertensive medications and blood sugar: theories and implicationsDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Can J Cardiol 22:229-33. 2006..The number one priority should be controlling blood pressure in a timely manner...
Coding of heart failure diagnoses in Saskatchewan: a validation study of hospital discharge abstractsDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 18:e407-15. 2011..Validity of Heart Failure (HF) diagnoses from administrative records has not been extensively evaluated, especially with respect to small / unselected hospitals...
Atenolol as initial antihypertensive therapy: an observational study comparing first-line agentsDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
J Hypertens 25:1499-505. 2007..The role of atenolol in the management of patients with hypertension is currently under scrutiny. Our aim was to evaluate the real-world consequences of recent clinical trial findings...
Increased use of acid-suppressing drugs before the occurrence of ischemic events: a potential source of confounding in recent observational studiesDavid F Blackburn
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pharmacotherapy 30:985-93. 2010..To determine if the use of acid-suppressing drugs is increased before the occurrence of ischemic events...
Changes in adherence to evidence-based medications in the first year after initial hospitalization for heart failure: observational cohort study from 1994 to 2003Darcy A Lamb
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition and the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:228-35. 2009..The use of evidence-based medications in patients with heart failure has increased over the past 10 years. We aimed to determine whether adherence to these medications has also increased during this time...
Retrospective observational assessment of statin adherence among subjects patronizing different types of community pharmacies in CanadaCharity D Evans
University of Saskatchewan, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C9, Canada
J Manag Care Pharm 15:476-84. 2009..It is unknown if an association exists between the type of community pharmacy and the degree of medication adherence exhibited by patrons-patients...
A pragmatic cluster randomized trial evaluating the impact of a community pharmacy intervention on statin adherence: rationale and design of the Community Pharmacy Assisting in Total Cardiovascular Health (CPATCH) studyCharity D Evans
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Trials 11:76. 2010..This novel design integrates cluster randomization and an outcome evaluation of medication adherence using a population-based administrative data source in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada...
The Collaborative Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Primary Care (CCARP) studyCharity D Evans
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pharmacotherapy 30:766-75. 2010....
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in hypertension due to primary aldosteronism: a case for exclusionCarolyn D Bubbar
College of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 41:129-32. 2007..Therefore, ACE inhibitors should be discouraged for the majority of patients with primary aldosteronism, even in the face of renal or cardiac disease...
Issues in reporting epidemiological studies: no data are given to support generalisationDavid F Blackburn
BMJ 330:146; author reply 146-7. 2005
