Objective.—Laboratory utilization has steadily increased, and some studies suggest
inappropriate utilization. Therefore, we wished to assess studies that measure inappropriate …

The ritual of routine visits for most chronic diseases usually includes monitoring to check on
the progress or regress of the disease and the development of complications. Such checks …

Background Digoxin level determinations can be useful clinically in patients receiving
digoxin therapy but are sometimes misused. Methods Explicit appropriateness criteria were …

The current study was performed to document the cost savings and need for a therapeutic
drug monitoring program for phenytoin. The methodology employed a prospective …

Serum drug concentration monitoring can be an invaluable aid to patient management,
particularly in certain pathological conditions when individualisation of dosage is particularly …

The experience of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of seven drugs as part of the normal
biochemistry services over the period April 1982–83 is reported. Reagent costs alone for …

Drug concentration monitoring (DCM) has become a widely used tool in clinical medicine.
However, optimal benefit from this service is most likely if there is close adherence to …

To study the appropriateness of phlebotomy for digoxin therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)
in outpatients, we conducted a retrospective chart review, a computer search of all previous …

Setting Standards of Practice in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring... : Therapeutic Drug
Monitoring Setting Standards of Practice in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical …

Monitoring patients on therapy consists of 2 parts: evaluation of response and mitigation of
risk. Biologics for the treatment of psoriasis are no different. Although laboratory …