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Background: With 30-day Medicare readmission rates reaching 20%, a heightened focus has been placed on improving the transition process from hospital to home.
Anne Schullo-Feulner +2 more
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Background The course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) includes a 10–20-year preclinical period with progressive accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the absence of symptomatic cognitive or functional decline.
Daniela C. Moga +9 more
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Assistance from health professionals is very important to ensure medication adherence among older people. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between receipt of comprehensive medication management services by primary care physicians and medication adherence among community-dwelling older people in rural Japan.Data including medication ...
Hirakawa, Yoshihisa +4 more
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A postal survey to identify and describe nurse led clinics in genitourinary medicine services across England [PDF]
Background: Nurses in genitourinary medicine (GUM) services are progressively extending their roles to conduct "comprehensive care" nurse led clinics.
Mercey, D, Miles, K, Penny, N, Power, R
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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]
Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
Casey, Scott D +6 more
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The aim of this research was to assess the impact of comprehensive medication management (CMM) services on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and frequency of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older patients with cardiovascular diseases ...
Andrea Brajković +5 more
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Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen +5 more
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Comprehensive Management of Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
Medical emergencies in the dental setting represented a significant challenge for health professionals, who faced unexpected situations such as syncope, hyperventilation, asthma, epilepsy, anaphylactic shock, airway obstruction, metabolic disturbances and cardiorespiratory arrest. These conditions arose from natural causes, diseases or a combination of
Natalia Ximena Vazquez +3 more
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Attitudes and reported practice of paediatricians and child psychiatrists regarding the assessment and treatment of ADHD in Ireland [PDF]
Objectives. This mixed-method national survey has obtained original data on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) attitudes, assessment and treatment regimes reported by paediatricians and child psychiatrists; and has compared their clinics. It
Gavin, B. +4 more
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Medication management in comprehensive schools in Finland: teachers’ perceptions
AbstractObjectiveMany children who take medication require it during school time, and their participation in school activities could depend on it. The aim of this study was to identify whether schools have guidelines for medication management and to explore teachers’ perceptions about medication administration practices and the characteristics ...
Piia, Siitonen +3 more
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