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Adverse events in veterans affairs inpatient psychiatric units: Staff perspectives on contributing and protective factors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to identify risk factors and protective factors in hospital-based mental health settings in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goal of informing interventions to improve care of persons with serious mental ...
Cullen, Sara W.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

December 2019-Printed Issue

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2019
We are proud to announce the publication of the second issue of our journal, Patient Safety. You can read it now at no charge at PatientSafetyJ.com or download a PDF.
Patient Safety Authority
doaj   +1 more source

Enteral feeding pumps: efficacy, safety, and patient acceptability. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Enteral feeding is a long established practice across pediatric and adult populations, to enhance nutritional intake and prevent malnutrition. Despite recognition of the importance of nutrition within the modern health agenda, evaluation of the efficacy ...
King, L, White, H
core   +2 more sources

Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Safety and patient satisfaction of abobotulinumtoxinA for aesthetic use. A systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A systematic review of the published literature (from January 2000 to January 2016) to ascertain the safety of, and patient satisfaction with, the aesthetic use of abobotulinumtoxinA was conducted.
Cohen, Joel L, Scuderi, Nicolo'
core   +1 more source

Pursuing patient safety [PDF]

open access: yesQuality and Safety in Health Care, 2004
Role of nurses in improving the quality of care Whether you work as a nurse in the US, the UK, or elsewhere in the world, you will be familiar with the often quoted words of Florence Nightingale (1869): “ First do [the patient] no harm ”. Reflecting upon the fundamentals of good nursing, Nightingale was in no doubt that the moral, professional, and ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inpatient Suicide Prevention: A Review of the Patient Safety Authority’s Keys to Ligature Risk Assessment Project

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2019
It takes less than five minutes and 18 inches from the ground for a person to self-asphyxiate from hanging.1 According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), suicide is currently the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and
Christopher Mamrol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intravenous versus subcutaneous drug administration. Which do patients prefer? A systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Intravenous (IV) drug delivery is commonly used for its rapid administration and immediate drug effect. Most studies compare IV to subcutaneous (SC) delivery in terms of safety and efficacy, but little is known about what patients prefer.
Fallowfield, Lesley J   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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