The FDA recommends that clinicians review the Institute for Safe Medical Practices’ List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations as shown in the following tables. Source: ISMP, 2017. Dangerous Abbreviations Abbreviation Intended Meaning Misinterpretation Correction µg Microgram Mistak...
Another example has to do with drug dosage units: doses in micrograms should always have the unit spelled out, because the abbreviation “µg” (micrograms) can easily be misread as “mg” (milligrams), creating a 1000-fold overdose.3...
Abbreviation for blood pressure. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 BP Abbrev. forBritish Pharmacopoeia. This is an official list of drugs with their properties, functions, side effects and dosage. Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, ...
Place the medication list in a highly visible location in the patient's chart and include dosage, drug schedules, immunizations, and allergies or drug intolerances on the list. Create a process for reconciling medications at all care interfaces (admission, transfer, discharge) and determining reason...
Dosage Adjustment • Renal impairment (Korlym) • Mild to moderate hepatic impairment (Korlym) • Concurrent use of strong P450 CYP3A inhibitors (Korlym) Contraindications • Hypersensitivity to drug, misoprostol, or other prostaglandins • Confirmed or suspected ectopic pregnancy or adnexal mass...
identification and thereby directing attention only to patients in need of assistance. There is also needed a system that that issues comprehensive exception reports providing 21-day symptom, weight, and hospitalization information; current medication list with dosage and frequency; and descriptive ...
For example "MRI TOF" was tagged as "MRI[Medical Activity] TOF[Abnormality]" instead of "MRI[Medical Activity] TOF[Medical Activity]", because UMLS was not able to recognize the abbreviation of "TOF" as a Medical Activity. (5) Parsing error contributed to our overall error rate. Even ...
DVT is the abbreviation for deep vein thrombosis and by giving this type of prophylaxis it is to prevent the development of this condition in patients who are risk for it. If a person has DVT a blood clot forms in the deep veins of their leg or arm, blocking the blood flow, which can...
For example, in some embodiments, a clinician may be free to use the abbreviation “AMI” or the colloquial “heart attack” in his free-form narration, and the shared concept linkage may allow the fact extraction component to nevertheless automatically extract a fact corresponding to “acute ...
(DCA) in a solid or liquid dosage form, a specified quantity of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) in a solid or liquid dosage form, and one or more optional pharmaceutically acceptable excipients selected from the group consisting of preservatives, bulking agents, anti adherents, lubricants, sweeteners, ...