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Are We Making Smart Pumps Smarter? [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Medication errors comprise a significant proportion of medical errors, and are abundant, costly, and associated with causing harm to patients via adverse drug events. The most serious medication errors often involve IV medications.
Schaefer, Brittany
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Safety and Efficacy of Anticoagulation Therapy in Paediatric Patients With Solid Tumours or Lymphomas at Risk of Thrombocytopenia: A Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with solid tumours or lymphomas have an increased risk of thromboembolism (TE) and thrombocytopenia. Evidence‐based strategies for anticoagulation therapy (ACT) for patients with thrombocytopenia are limited. We examined the impact of thrombocytopenia on ACT administration and bleeding incidence in children with solid ...
Andrés Felipe Fajardo, Katherine Talpin, Bishal Harry, Uma H. Athale, Anthony K. C. Chan, Mihir D. Bhatt   +5 more
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Biogenic Imaging Contrast Agents

Advanced Science, 2023
Imaging contrast agents are widely investigated in preclinical and clinical studies, among which biogenic imaging contrast agents (BICAs) are developing rapidly and playing an increasingly important role in biomedical research ranging from subcellular ...
Qing Dan, Xinpeng Jiang, Run Wang, Zhifei Dai, Desheng Sun   +4 more
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Addressing the Quality and Safety Gap Part II: How Nurses Are Shaping, and Being Shaped by, Health Information Technologies [PDF]

, 2009
Explores the role of health information technologies (HIT) in improving patient safety and the role of nurses in designing, implementing, and educating clinicians to use HIT, including electronic health records and bar code medication ...

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What to Do When Medical Evidence Can Only Be Generated Through Routine Data: An Example From Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation often receive off‐label rituximab treatment for Epstein–Barr virus reactivation, using adult dosing without pediatric evidence. This project aims to develop a clinical decision support tool (CDSS) that provides evidence‐based dosing scenarios by analyzing real‐world patient data.
Birgit Burkhardt, Antje Walz, Dietrich Knoerzer   +2 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people and its association with socioeconomic deprivation—a systematic review and narrative synthesis

BMC Geriatrics
Background Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) refers to the prescription of medications that carry a higher risk of adverse outcomes, such as drug interactions, falls, and cognitive impairment.
Adrian James Hire, Bryony Dean Franklin
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Critical Roles of the PI3K-Akt-mTOR Signaling Pathway in Apoptosis and Autophagy of Astrocytes Induced by Methamphetamine

Open Chemistry, 2019
This study aimed to reveal potential roles of the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)-protein kinase B (Akt)-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in apoptosis and autophagy of astrocytes induced by methamphetamine (METH).
Liu Han-Qing, An Ya-Wen, Hu A-Zhen, Li Ming-Hua, Wu Jue-Lian, Liu Li, Shi Yu, Cui Guang-Hui, Chen Yun   +8 more
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Physicians' Practice of Dispensing Medicines: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: The physical act of giving medication to patients to administer away from a health care setting, dispensing, is normally performed by pharmacists. Dispensing of medication by physicians is a neglected patient safety issue, and having observed
Baker, Paul, Bates, Damien, Darbyshire, Daniel, Gordon, Morris   +3 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
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Factors associated with glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2019
Objective: To identify factors associated with glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in tertiary academic hospital. Research design and methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Mansour Almetwazi, Monira Alwhaibi, Bander Balkhi, Hissah Almohaini, Haya Alturki, Tariq Alhawassi, Sondus Ata, Nasser AlQahtani, Mansour Mahmoud, Thamir Alshammari   +9 more
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