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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Adverse Drug Events"”.
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Reducing preventable adverse drug events in hospital settings
… to the point in which a patient is monitored for adverse effects. Studies have shown that a majority of the errors that occur during the Medication Use System have little if any adverse effect on patients. However, there are classes of medication errors known as Adverse Drug Events (ADE's) which …
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Improving Outpatient Medication Reconciliation And Reducing Adverse Drug Events: Development Of A New Process
… that identify medications with higher risks for adverse drug events (ADEs) (O’Mahoney, 2020). Objective: The DNP project goal was to create and implement a risk stratified medication reconciliation (RSMR) intervention process using a tool that identified medication(s) and patient risk factors for …
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Incidence of adverse drug events in COVID-19 patients on anticoagulants: a pharmacovigilance study
… assess, understand, to ultimately prevent any adverse event associated with drugs. Today, with the world struggling to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, it is important to look at how this disease is affecting different patient populations. A common complication associated with this …
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Human Factors Contributing to Preventable Adverse Drug Events in Healthcare: A Grounded Theory Approach Pilot Study
… methodology (GT) pilot study of preventable adverse drug events (pADEs) in healthcare. This research used the methodological approach to develop a categorical theory for the chief workplace contributors to intra-hospital intensive care unit (ICU) preventable adverse drug events. While this …
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The characteristics of older persons who present at a tertiary emergency unit; in particular, the contribution of adverse drug events : a prospective cross-sectional study
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-65).
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Artificial Intelligence Applications for Optimizing Population and Clinical Drug Decision-Making Processes
… of ChatGPT4 to extract and analyze FDA drug information, conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of two antibiotics, and identify and classify adverse drugs events (ADE). We compare the results of ChatGPT4 with those from manual searches and specialized software programs. Methods: The …
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Increasing Patient Participation in the Medication Reconciliation Process
… that ambulatory care settings have a 25% adverse drug events (ADEs) rate, and 39% of those event were preventable errors (Taché, Sönnichsen, and Ashcroft, 2011). Considering many adverse drug events are related to medication errors, preventing medication errors is fundamental to improving …
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Efficient Information Extraction Using Statistical Relational Learning
… part of this thesis, we consider the problem of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) discovery. Several methods have been proposed for ADE discovery, exploiting various information sources such as health data, social network data, and scientific literature. We propose a NLP-based method that exploits …
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The renal effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in dogs with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
… and vasopressin. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) produce both their beneficial and detrimental effects through inhibition of the cyclooxygenase enzyme and subsequent interference with prostaglandin production. Healthy canine kidneys express both COX-1 and COX-2, although basal COX-2 …
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Alpha-Blocker Treatment Response in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Based on Sympathetic Activity : Prospective, Multicenter, Open - Labeled, Observational Study
… symptom subscores, quality of life, and rates of adverse drug events. The HSA group showed a similar willingness to continue treatment compared to the LSA group, although their treatment satisfaction rating was lower. CONCLUSIONS: The therapeutic effects of alfuzosin did not differ in regards to …
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Minimizing Avoidable Interruptions During Medication Administration
… of weight-based dosing, lack of alternative drug formulations, or small drug volumes, three times as many adverse drug events are reported in the pediatric population due to medication administration errors. To address these interrupting phone calls, a Unit Clerk Phone Package with four tools …
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Optimization of Signal-Detection Methods in Novel Databases: a Focus on Direct-Acting Antivirals
An adverse drug event (ADE) is an injury resulting from medical intervention related to a drug, and they include medication errors, adverse drug reactions, allergic reactions, and overdoses. In 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified the following outcomes as potential signals of …
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The Relationship Between Barcode Medication Administration Satisfaction and the Use of Workarounds Among Registered Nurses
Adverse drug events, resulting in preventable patient harm or death, are of great concern. To keep patients safe, hospitals have implemented barcode medication administration (BCMA) technology for RNs who have accepted this technology with varying levels of satisfaction. When nurses are …
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Renal Toxicity Warnings and Precautions of Drugs Marketed in the US
<p>INTRODUCTION: The use of drugs can lead to renal adverse effects prompting the need to include warnings and precautions on medication labels. Studies evaluating renal warnings and precautions need to be improved. This study assessed the characteristics of FDA renal toxicity warnings and …
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Essays on health economics and technology adoption
… patient mortality, medical complication rates, adverse drug events, and readmission rates. These results are robust to the addition of rich controls for pre-trends. The findings suggest that HIT is not associated with improvements in either the efficiency or quality of hospital care for Medicare …
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Exploring machine learning techniques using patient interactions in online health forums to classify drug safety
… collected from online message forums to predict drug safety using natural language processing and machine learning techniques. Drug safety is defined as any drug with an active safety alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is believed that this is the first exploration of …
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The impact of medication therapy management on polypharmacy in people living with HIV/AIDS
… the use of antiretroviral and non-antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of multiple chronic diseases. Polypharmacy is a growing concern among PLWHA because of their complex medication regimen, the risk of adverse drug events, drug-drug interactions, medication non-adherence, medication errors, …
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Analysis of Community-Based Accumulation of Home Medications (CACHES) Found at Death Scenes in Davidson County, Tennessee
… and justice system, and ecosystem at risk for adverse outcomes including: a) diversion of prescription medications by friends and family, b) pediatric poisonings, c) adverse drug events, d) increased criminal justice system costs related to prescription drug abuse, e) increased health care …
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Human Cognitive Performance in Healthcare Information System Environment and its Application on Nursing Tasks
… and medication errors occur, and recurring adverse drug events due to damaging side effects from medications threaten patient safety. To solve these issues, healthcare information systems (HIS) have been recommended in various care processes. Though several studies have confirmed the …
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Improving Patient Care Outcomes to Reduce Recurrent Admissions of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
… COPD patients is intended to reduce the rate of adverse events and hospital readmissions. Method: The project was implemented in collaboration with the transitional health care team at a local medical hospital. For the challenge of high levels of readmissions, coaching models for patient advocacy …
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