Farmacia hospitalaria : órgano oficial de expresión científica de la Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Randomized clinical trial of a postdischarge pharmaceutical care program vs regular follow-up in patients with heart failure.
To assess the efficacy of a multifactorial educational intervention carried out by a pharmacist in patients with heart failure (HF). ⋯ Postdischarge pharmaceutical care allows for reducing the number of new admissions in patients with heart failure, the total days of hospital stay, and improves treatment compliance without increasing the costs of care.
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To report and discuss the results of clinical trials published concerning chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer in order to elucidate and define treatment guidelines. ⋯ New drugs for metastatic colorectal cancer open up new therapy lines allowing increasingly improved survival. However, optimal schemes, as well as their order of administration, have yet to be fully devised.