A pharmacist care program: Positive impact on cardiac risk in patients with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Chan, Chi Wai ^a   Siu, Shing Chung ^b   Wong, Carmen K W ^b   Lee, Vivian W Y ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cardiac risk; clinical pharmacy service; diabetes; drug compliance

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863418494     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: 19404034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074248410396216     Document Type: Article

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