Catastrophic drug errors involving tranexamic acid administered during spinal anaesthesia
Anaesthesia, 2019 We have reviewed accidental spinal administration of tranexamic acid. We performed a MEDLINE search of cases of administration of tranexamic acid during epidural or spinal anaesthesia between 1960 and 2018.
Santosh Patel +2 more
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Most common inappropriate drug usage factors in anthelmintic treatment on sheep farms in Latvia [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: There is little understanding about antiparasitic drug prescription trends and implementation to reduce possible drug overuse or misuse worldwide. This study aimed to review sheep parasite control strategies and antiparasitic drug use
Līga Kovaļčuka +4 more
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What is the epidemiology of medication errors, error-related adverse events and risk factors for errors in adults managed in community care contexts? A systematic review of the international literature [PDF]
, 2018 © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and ...
Aljadhey, Hisham +6 more
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Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system—A survey of users [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Drug confusion is thought to be the most common type of dispensing error. Several strategies can be implemented to reduce the risk of medication errors. One of these are alerts in the pharmacy information system.
Borgsteede, S.D. (Sander) +5 more
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Prehospital Emergency Care, 2018 Objective: Drug dosing errors pose a particular threat to children in prehospital emergency care. With the Pediatric emergency ruler (PaedER), we developed a simple height-based dose recommendation system and evaluated its effectiveness in a pre–post ...
J. Kaufmann +7 more
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Acylcarnitines: Nomenclature, Biomarkers, Therapeutic Potential, Drug Targets, and Clinical Trials
Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 Acylcarnitines are fatty acid metabolites that play important roles in many cellular energy metabolism pathways. They have historically been used as important diagnostic markers for inborn errors of fatty acid oxidation and are being intensively studied ...
M. Dambrova +14 more
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Applying hierarchical task analysis to medication administration errors [PDF]
, 2006 Medication use in hospitals is a complex process and is dependent on the successful interaction of health professionals functioning within different disciplines.
Harrison, DJ, Lane, R, Stanton, NA
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A systematic review of the nature of dispensing errors in hospital pharmacies [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Dispensing errors are common in hospital pharmacies. Investigating dispensing errors is important for identifying the factors involved and developing strategies to reduce their occurrence. Objectives: To review published studies exploring the
Aldhwaihi, Khalid +3 more
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A survey of Top 200 Drugs—Inconsistent Practice of Drug Strength Expression for Drugs Containing Salt Forms [PDF]
, 2012 Many ionizable drugs are developed and marketed as salt forms. However, there are no clear US regulatory guidelines on drug strength labeling for salts. The strengths of some drugs are expressed as salts and some as free acids/bases.
Prohotsky, Daniel, Zhao, Fang
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Open Access Surgery, 2022 Seyoum Hailu Department of Anesthesiology, Dilla University, Dilla, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Seyoum Hailu, Email seyoumhailu44@gmail.comBackground: The practice of anesthesiology needs an anesthetist to administer multiple potent drugs with high accuracy ...
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