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Resposta à Carta ao Editor Relativa ao Trabalho “Prescrição Inapropriada em Idosos numa Enfermaria de Medicina Interna” Mariana Alves, Marco Ribeiro Narciso, Teresa Fonseca, João Gorjão Clara” [Acta Med Port.2019;32:249-249] [PDF]

, 2019
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Urzal, JI
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Protocol for the effective feedback to improve primary care prescribing safety (EFIPPS) study : a cluster randomised controlled trial using ePrescribing data [PDF]

, 2012
High-risk prescribing in primary care is common and causes considerable harm. Feedback interventions to improve care are attractive because they are relatively cheap to widely implement. There is good evidence that feedback has small to moderate effects,
Barnett, Karen, Bennie, Marion, Guthrie, Bruce, Petrie, Dennis, Ritchie, Lewis, Robertson, Chris, Treweek, S.   +6 more
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Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Steinmetz, C. N., Szabo, Aniko, Zheng, C.   +4 more
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Can patient safety be improved by reducing the volume of “inappropriate prescribing tasks” handed over to out-of-hours junior doctors?

International Journal of General Medicine, 2018
Samuel Martin Amis, Tobin Henry Edgar Osicki Department of Acute Internal Medicine, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, Warwick, UK Background: First-year doctors found that during out-of-hours shifts they were being delayed and distracted from ...
Amis SM, Osicki THE
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Determinants of appropriate antibiotic and NSAID prescribing in unscheduled outpatient settings in the veterans health administration

BMC Health Services Research
Background Despite efforts to enhance the quality of medication prescribing in outpatient settings, potentially inappropriate prescribing remains common, particularly in unscheduled settings where patients can present with infectious and pain-related ...
Michael J. Ward, Michael E. Matheny, Melissa D. Rubenstein, Kemberlee Bonnet, Chloe Dagostino, David G. Schlundt, Shilo Anders, Thomas Reese, Amanda S. Mixon   +8 more
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Acceptability of Interventions to Address Polypharmacy in Older Adult Outpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP), where risks outweigh benefits, are effective but often not implemented due to barriers (e.g., patient, provider, systems).
Nav Persaud, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin, Becky Skidmore, Emily G. McDonald   +4 more
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Factors influencing inappropriate antibiotic prescription in respiratory tract infections in general practice

Scientific Reports
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are common in general practice, and represent the main cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, contributing to antimicrobial resistance.
Léa Charton, François Séverac, Yves Hansmann, Juliette Chambe   +3 more
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To prescribe or not to prescribe in the elderly: a qualitative exploration of prescribing dilemmas among Pakistani healthcare providers

BMJ Open
Objective Potentially inappropriate prescribing is a global health issue with catastrophic consequences in the elderly population. Healthcare providers play a critical role in medication optimisation in elderly patients. The present study aims to explore
Halima Sadia, Safila Naveed, Hina Rehman, Shazia Jamshed   +3 more
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Drug Utilization and Inappropriate Prescribing in Centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Objectives To use primary care electronic health records ( EHR s) to evaluate prescriptions and inappropriate prescribing in men and women at age 100. Design
Hazra, Nisha Chan, Dregan, Alexandru, Jackson, Stephen, Gulliford, Martin Christopher   +3 more
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Challenges and pitfalls of antipsychotic prescribing in people with learning disability [PDF]

, 2017
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Alexander, Regi T., Bhaumik, Sabyasachi, Cooper, Sally A., Hastings, Richard, Kapugama, Chaya L., Roy, Ashok, Shankar, Rohit, Tromans, Samuel J.   +7 more
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