Biomedical subjects

R Talbert

Publications and source records attributed to R Talbert.

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PubMed1993

Drug dosing in patients with renal insufficiency. A simplified approach.

Because renal impairment interferes with the disposition of drugs, the dosage of many medications needs adjustment to prevent excess morbidity and prolonged hospital stays. Physiologic considerations in patients with renal insufficiency include serum albumin levels, creatinine clearance, volume status, cardiac function, and body weight. Dosing errors in the hospital can be minimized by using (1) a computerized system of reporting serum creatinine levels and (2) a pharmacokinetic monitoring service to assure optimal benefit from a drug without its toxic effects. Drug interactions are common and may alter the metabolism of other agents; therefore, medication lists should be updated and reviewed regularly.

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PubMed1981

Developing bilingual patient education materials. Problems and solutions.

The bilingual format presents a challenging set of problems for media producers. Four factors seem to be of primary importance to the success of bilingual materials: 1. Identifying the unique educational and cultural characteristics of the target audience. 2. Developing strategies to establish credibility with the target audience. 3. Determining the most appropriate dialect for non-English scripts. 4. Designing a 'tri-script' to allow all project planners to easily follow the script in both languages. The article describes the development of a series of bilingual patient education materials on Renal Transplantation, particularly focussing on the efforts of the development team in regard to each of the four factors listed above.

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