Patients’ Perspectives on the Quality and Safety of Intravenous Infusions: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
Journal of Patient Experience, 2020 Background: The administration of medication or fluids via the intravenous route is a common intervention for many hospital inpatients. However, little research has explored the safety and quality of intravenous therapy from the patient’s perspective ...
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Errors and discrepancies in the administration of intravenous infusions: a mixed methods multihospital observational study. [PDF]
BMJ Qual Saf, 2018 Introduction Intravenous medication administration has traditionally been regarded as error prone, with high potential for harm. A recent US multisite study revealed few potentially harmful errors despite a high overall error rate.
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A prospective single-arm study on the effects of repeated intravenous infusions of canine adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy [PDF]
Stem Cell Research & TherapyBackground Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a promising cell source for the treatment of dogs with refractory chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE).
Yuyo Yasumura +4 more
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A Phase 1 study of intravenous infusions of tigecycline in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. [PDF]
Cancer Med, 2016 Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells meet the higher energy, metabolic, and signaling demands of the cell by increasing mitochondrial biogenesis and mitochondrial protein translation.
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Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin-G Replacement Therapy with Preparations Currently Available in the United States for Intravenous or Intramuscular Use: Reasons and Regimens [PDF]
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2005 For patients who require replacement therapy for primary immunodeficiency, subcutaneous infusions of immunoglobulin G (IgG) may be preferable to intravenous infusions for several reasons.
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Intravenous drugs infusion safety through smart pumps [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2014 Objective: To analyze the role of smart infusion pumps in reducing errors related with the administration of intravenous medications. Method: Retrospective, observational study analyzing the implementation of a system with smart intravenous infusion ...
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Home Subcutaneous Magnesium Infusion in Refractory Hypomagnesemia: A Case Report
Kidney Medicine, 2023 We describe a patient with renal magnesium wasting and prolonged, symptomatic hypomagnesemia that was refractory to oral therapies and intermittent intravenous infusion who achieved near-normal serum magnesium levels with subcutaneous magnesium infusions.
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Tramadol is a synthetic analgesic with weak mu-opioid receptor agonist activity. Tramadol overdose is associated with adverse cardiac effects due to inhibiting cardiac Na+ and K+ channels.
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Retrospective Evaluation of Clinical Experience With Intravenous Ascorbic Acid in Patients With Cancer. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Intravenous ascorbic acid (IV AA) has been used extensively in cancer patients throughout the United States. Currently, there are limited data on the safety and clinical effects of IV AA.
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2017 Background:. Intravenous access (IVA) in infants undergoing primary brachial plexus exploration may be difficult. Both lower limbs are prepared and draped for sural nerve graft harvesting.
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