SummaryObjective: Medication errors are a frequent cause of adverse drug events and a major concern for patient safety. This study compared the predictors of error among seven countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and the Netherlands).Methods: ...
This suggests that healthcare professionals should consider patient characteristics when prescribing interventions to ensure the most effective treatment for their patients. This study has some limitations. Firstly, there are some differences between the methods in this manuscript and those in the pre-...
We recommend considering the substitution of Parkinson’s medication as a change in medication, requiring guidance and supervision by the patient’s physician. Any generic can be used to initiate first treatment. It will be effective and less expensive than the branded product, but will need a ...
aThe “three checks” involve check before practicing, check while practicing and check after practicing; the “seven verifications” include verifying the patient’s name, bed number, drugs and their dosage, concentration, methods and time for medication. “三检查”在实践之前介入检查,在实践以后检查...
It is understandable that such a judgment can be hard to make, especially when communication with the person is difficult or impossible, but talking to a doctor or physician familiar with the situation of a patient can grant significant insight about the care that they need. ...
To be eligible for inclusion in the trial, the patient should have a C-reactive protein (CRP) value of >50 and <150 mg/L. Concomitant medication and supportive care as per standard of care at the trial site was permitted, although patients should not have received any previous experimental...
handy devices for casual urinary Na/K ratio measurement are available that provide prompt feedback with far lower patient burden compared with conven- tional methods that require either urine collection or urinary creatinine measurements.27–29 Therefore, it is reasonable and practical for patients to...
In one patient, a small non-symptomatic haemorrhage into the 3rd ventricle occurred following implant, but regressed 24 h later. Persistent side effects are absent except in one patient with bilateral stimulation, in whom stimulation was stopped to resolve vertigo and worsened bradycardia, but was ...
A good cumulative eradication rate is associated with low antibiotic resistance and better patient compliance[22]. In this study, antibiotic use was only 2.77 DID in Yongkang in 2013, and this low antibiotic use affected the local antibiotic resistance pattern. The rates of clarithromycin and levofl...
Overall QOL was captured using an adapted version of Cantril’s ladder, an overall measure of the patient’s subjective well-being in life [31] with one item, “All in all, how satisfied are you with your life at the moment?” and scores ranging from 0 (not at all satisfied) to 10...