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Energy drinks and population health: consumption pattern and adverse effects among Saudi population
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Caffeine containing energy drinks (EDs) are heavily consumed, particularly among young adults. The number of reports of caffeine intoxication from caffeinated EDs and problems related to caffeine dependence and withdrawal is increasing.
Gehad M. Subaiea +2 more
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Ultrasonic-induced reversible blood–brain barrier opening: Safety evaluation into the cellular level
Open Chemistry, 2022 An important function of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is to protect the central nervous system and maintain its homeostasis, but it is also a major barrier to the intervention and treatment of neurological diseases.
Wang Mengxin +12 more
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Patient Engagement Interventions to Enhance Medication Safety in Long-Term Care : A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2022 The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effectiveness of patient engagement interventions tested in randomized controlled trials (RCT) to enhance medication safety in long-term care.
Olsen, Rose Mari, Sletvold, Hege
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background The aim of the study was to explore the impact of the implementation of an electronic prescribing and medication administration system (ePA) on the safety of medication administration in an inpatient hospital setting.
Seetal Jheeta, Bryony Dean Franklin
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Psychoactive Medication and Traffic Safety [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009 Driving a car is important to maintain independence and participate in society. Many of those who use psychoactive medication are outpatients and are thus likely to drive a vehicle. Most common adverse effects that impair driving are reduced alertness, affected psychomotor functioning and impaired vision.
Joris C. Verster, Monique A.J. Mets
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A Prescription for Safety: Medication Error Reporting, Education, and Advocating for Change [PDF]
, 2021 In 1974, pharmacist Michael Cohen learned of a serious adverse event with insulin at a hospital and began sharing information about it with other pharmacists to prevent the error from happening again. Twenty years later, he founded the Institute for Safe
Eugene Myers, Michael R Cohen
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Pharmacists’ roles in emergency and disasters: COVID-19 as an example
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 Background: Emergencies and disasters are major threats to health care systems. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is at the center of a recent emergency situation that requires increased attention from health care professionals, including pharmacists ...
Wejdan Aburas, Thamir M. Alshammari
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Software Safety in Medical Applications [PDF]
Computer Aided Surgery, 1995 The use of software in safety-critical medical applications permits sophisticated functionality that would otherwise not be achievable. However, it is very difficult to ensure that software in these systems is dependable. In particular all software development techniques have limitations, and none can provide any guarantee of overall software ...
J C, Knight, K G, Wika
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Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2012 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Adverse drug events (ADEs) may occur after discharge from acute care hospitalization because of limited instruction on medications at discharge. The right instructions given to patients may reduce the risk of ADEs.
Sami Ali Al-Ghamdi +6 more
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The safety of osteoporosis medication
South African Medical Journal, 2013 Osteoporosis is a common, costly and serious disease, which is still too often regarded as an inevitable part of the normal ageing process and therefore sub-optimally treated, especially in the elderly--in fact, only two out of every 10 patients who sustain a hip fracture receive any form of assessment or prophylactic therapy for osteoporosis.
Hough, F S +9 more
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