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Showing 1 to 20 of 461 for “"Prescribing"”.
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Prescribing Dilatations in Space
On this domain, we define the dilatation from the transformation matrix A = UDVT of an affine mapping in R3 . Let B = ATA = VD2VT = [ bij]. Define the dilatation m&ar; as m&ar;=1M b11b22-b2 12 b11b33-b2 13 b22b33-b2 23 , where M2 = b 11b22 -- b212 + b11b33 -- b213 + b22b33 -- b223 + lambda (det …
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Social Prescribing for Autistic Adults
… may contribute to these inequalities. Social prescribing, a low-intensity personalised care model receiving increasing attention from policymakers and commissioners, offers opportunities to address isolation, build skills and promote health through collaborations between services and …
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Between paradox and prescribing: Understanding anticipatory prescribing at the end of life in UK care homes
… been a widespread introduction of anticipatory prescribing, especially in care home-based palliative care. Early and appropriate prescribing and administration of anticipatory medicines for patients who require end-of-life symptom control has become established good practice in palliative and …
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A Realist Exploration of Social Prescribing Evaluation
… thesis critically explores the topic of social prescribing evaluation, bringing together evidence from three inter-linked projects. Project 1 is a participatory mixed methods evaluation of a community-based Falls Awareness programme. This involved a small-scale evaluation, which identified …
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A Multivariate Analysis of Physician Prescribing Behavior
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T23:09:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7514186.pdf: 5478987 bytes, checksum: c4429fb37a1d3d417b7ed63087c3e4dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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A retrospective analysis of the prescribing patterns of isotretinoin
… to the treatment of severe acne. Isotretinoin prescribing is under the largest risk-minimisation programme (called iPLEDGE) ever implemented for a drug in the United States of America, due to concerns with pregnancies during isotretinoin treatment (Honein et al., 2007:11). In comparison South …
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Effects of Off-Label Prescribing on Patient Decision Making
Objectives: Despite the comuse of off-label prescribing in the US, no research has been conducted to understand the impact of off-label prescribing on patient decision making. This study sought to measure the impact on trust in physicians, intentions of involvement in the decision making, beliefs …
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Primary care antimicrobial stewardship: Impact on prescribing and resistance
… as one of the main drivers. Most antimicrobial prescribing occurs in primary care which is therefore a key target for antimicrobial stewardship. This thesis examines antimicrobial stewardship in primary care using systematic review of published trials and time-series evaluation of a system-wide …
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What influences prescribing in General Practice? : an ethnographic exploration
Prescribing accounts for 11% of the total NHS budget. In the UK, there is an aging population who receive nearly half of all prescriptions, with the increasing age of the population, the prevalence of long-term conditions, cost and complexity of prescribing is likely to rise. Prescribing is …
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Computer based methods for the prescribing of aminoglycoside antibiotics
… possible to allow for previous under - or over - prescribing. When fully validated the computer program should make it possible to construct simple nomograms which could be used at the bedside to prescribe loading and maintenance doses for patients in a clinical steady state.
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A mixed methods exploration of antibiotic prescribing and stewardship
Unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections is common and contributes to emerging antibiotic resistance and patient morbidity and mortality. Interventions aimed at promoting judicious use of antibiotics, such as prescribing guidelines, are often ineffective. …
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Proactive Prescribing Enhancing Hospice Care Through Anticipatory Pharmacy Practices
… the goals of hospice care. Anticipatory prescribing, a proactive approach that ensures symptom management medications are available at the start of care, has been associated with improved comfort and reduced crisis events (Au, Baker, & Hindmarsh, 2022; Charlesworth, 2020). Methods: The …
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QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN NHS HOSPITALS: THE IMPACT OF PRESCRIBING SYSTEMS
… making the transition from paper to electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) systems. The aim of this programme of work was to understand and explore the influence different in-patient prescribing systems can have on key NHS healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and pharmacists) working …
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Workplace injuries, early opioid prescribing, and disability in Washington State
… From the late 1990s through early 2010s, opioid prescribing increased dramatically in workers' compensation (WC) systems, following national trends within the United States. The increase in opioid prescribing coincided with an increase in overdose deaths and morbidity linked to prescription …
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Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Health Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors
The US population of older long-term cancer survivors—Americans who are free of cancer 5-years post-cancer diagnosis and not receiving cancer treatment—is growing. The prevalence of pain among cancer survivors after curative treatment is approximately 40% and opioids are frequently prescribed to …
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Balancing care and caution: Examining opioid prescribing in the Netherlands
Contains fulltext : 310731.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Evaluating and Changing Postoperative Opioid Prescribing After Routine Pediatric Surgery
… there is greater focus on physician narcotic prescribing practices as a potential contributing factor to increasing opioid misuse. In an effort to evaluate this potential among pediatric surgeons we designed a two phased study including baseline evaluation and intervention. Our objectives were …
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Automation bias and prescribing decision support – rates, mediators and mitigators
… clinical experience. The domain of primary care prescribing was chosen within which to carry out an empirical study, due to the evidence supporting CDSS usefulness in prescribing, and the high rate of prescribing error. Empirical Study Methodology: Twenty simulated prescribing scenarios with …
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Diagnoses behind prescribing of antihypertensives in lithuania: a cross-sectional study /
… in March 2022. Then the differences of prescribing antihypertencive drugs according to patients age and sex were evaluated. Also, the study overlooked which specialty health professionals prescribed antihypertensive drugs most frequently for the treatment of hypertension-related and …
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