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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Surviving the surge: Evaluation of early impact of COVID-19 on inpatient pharmacy services at a community teaching hospital

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2020
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented novel challenges to healthcare systems; however, an analysis of the impact of the pandemic on inpatient pharmacy services has not yet been conducted.
Sean M. McConachie, Dmitriy M. Martirosov, Bryan Wang, Neha Desai, Sabrina Jarjosa, Lama M Hsaiky   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz, Carl D. Langefeld, Mary E. Comeau, Miranda C. Marion, Tyler P. Behymer, Lee A. Gilkerson, Padmini Sekar, Weihong Yuan, Vivek Khandwala, Brady J. Williamson, Thomas Maloney, Achala Vagal, Pierce Boyne, Kari Dunning, Matthew L. Flaherty, Steven J. Kittner, Prachi Mehndiratta, Gunjan Y. Parikh, Michael L. James, David Roh, Fernando D. Testai, Farhaan S. Vahidy, James Thornton, Ranjit Bagga, Daniel Woo, Stacie L. Demel   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient safety: analysis of the impact of implementation of automated dispensing cabinets on drug return in an university hospital

Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2018
Introduction: Patient safety and medication errors have received great attention and interest from health institutions. Drug return is a reverse logistics process that requires further analysis, because the delay or failure to return medications can ...
Ana Paula Deliberal, Daniela Vescia Menna Barreto, Camila Pereira Menezes, Denise Bueno   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The effect of an active on-ward participation of hospital pharmacists in Internal Medicine teams on preventable Adverse Drug Events in elderly inpatients: protocol of the WINGS study (Ward-oriented pharmacy in newly admitted geriatric seniors)

BMC Health Services Research, 2011
Background The potential of clinical interventions, aiming at reduction of preventable Adverse Drug Events (preventable ADEs) during hospital stay, have been studied extensively.
Dijkgraaf Marcel G, Kuks Paul F, Arisz Lambertus, Stuijt Clementine C, de Rooij Sophia E, Wierenga Peter C, Klopotowska Joanna E, Lie-A-Huen Loraine, Smorenburg Susanne M   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indek Kepuasan Pasien Suatu Rumah Sakit Swasta Di Purwokerto [PDF]

, 2011
Hospital as a health care facility seeks to create quality health care, affordable and increase patient satisfaction. This study aims to identify satisfaction (assessment) to community health services on the installation of inpatient, outpatient ...
Suroso, J. (Jebul)
core  

Predicting Loss of Ambulation in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type R9 (LGMDR9) results from biallelic variants in FKRP. There is limited data to predict loss of ambulation (LOA) among those with LGMDR9. Methods Participants in an ongoing dystroglycanopathy natural history study (NCT00313677) with FKRP variants who had achieved ambulation and were more than 3 ...
Chandra L. Miller, Lauren N. Coffey, Shelley R. H. Mockler, Katie M. Laubscher, Carrie M. Stephan, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Katherine D. Mathews   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kualitas Pelayanan Rawat Inap Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Mokopido Tolitoli [PDF]

, 2016
This study aims at determining The Quality of Inpatient Services of Mokopido Regional Public Hospital Tolitolii. This study uses a qualitative research method, in which the data and the information were collected by using a Likert scale instrument and ...
Gafar, M. (Masrin)
core   +1 more source

Impact of a community pharmacist-led medication review on medicines use in patients on polypharmacy - a prospective randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2016
In 2010 the 'Polymedication Check' (PMC), a pharmacist-led medication review, was newly introduced to be delivered independently from the prescriber and reimbursed by the Swiss health insurances.
Blozik, Eva, Hersberger, Kurt E., Messerli, Markus, Vriends, Noortje   +3 more
core   +3 more sources