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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Medication history"”.
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The Implementation of a Pharmacy Student-led Medication History Program in a Large, Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Center
… The implementation of a pharmacy student-led medication history program in the Emergency Center to identify and prevent medication-related errors. Methods This was a twelve-week pilot study from October 2016 to January 2017 that evaluated the implementation of a medication history program …
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Exploring key risks in the medical admissions process
… prescribing also rose. Observations showed poor medication history taking and prescribing practices, during the study the proportion of items with a prescribing error increased, however the interviews showed that staff did know how to establish an accurate medication history and were aware of the …
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Measuring the speed and efficacy of clinical decision-making when comparing two different data visualizations for medications
… clinical decisions based on current and past medications is increasing. Health care professionals need methods for increasing the speed of clinical decision making without sacrificing the quality of care. The goal of this study is to demonstrate how modifying the data visualization for patient …
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A retrospective review of Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis (GIN) amongst HIV-infected patients at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… with GIN on kidney biopsy were analysed. Medication history, creatinine, urine protein/creatinine ratio, CD4 count and serological evidence of vasculitis were recorded. A radiological evaluation and search for positive TB cultures was performed. Patients were divided according to the …
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Tuberculosis screening in a cohort of individuals diagnosed with HIV in Ontario during 2001 to 2009
… Reviewing Mantoux test results, diagnoses and medication history, identified active and latent TB cases. Period prevalence was estimated by proportion with TB and multivariate analyses were performed to identify associated factors. One thousand two hundred and ninety-three cases (1293) met our …
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Determining the biopsychosocial factors of chronic pain in older adults to inform the development of a risk appraisal checklist for use in long term care: a Delphi study
… arthritis, lower back pain, malignancy, family history of chronic pain, multiple comorbidities, trauma and/or accident, multiple sites, anxiety and depression, social isolation/loneliness, post-traumatic stress, childhood physical/sexual abuse, maladaptive beliefs, poor sleep hygiene and/or …
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Medicines Reconciliation: Roles and Process. An examination of the medicines reconciliation process and the involvement of patients and healthcare professionals across a regional healthcare economy, within the United Kingdom.
Medication safety and improving communication at care transitions are an international priority. There is vast evidence on the scale of error associated with medicines reconciliation and some evidence of successful interventions to improve reconciliation. However, there is insufficient evidence on …