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Effective Feedback to Improve Primary Care Prescribing Safety (EFIPPS) a pragmatic three-arm cluster randomised trial:designing the intervention (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01602705) [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundHigh-risk prescribing in primary care is common and causes considerable harm. Feedback interventions have small/moderate effects on clinical practice, but few trials explicitly compare different forms of feedback.
Barnett, KN, Petrie, Dennis J, Shaun Treweek, Barnett, Karen N.; id_orcid, Lewis D Ritchie, Guthrie, Bruce, Christopher Robertson, Treweek, S, Robertson, C, Bennie, M, Barnett, Karen N, Dennis J Petrie, Marion Bennie, Petrie, Dennis J., Karen N Barnett, Ritchie, Lewis D, Guthrie, B, Bennie, Marion, Bruce Guthrie, Robertson, Christopher, Ritchie, LD, Petrie, DJ, Treweek, Shaun, Ritchie, Lewis D.   +23 more
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Quality of melatonin use in children and adolescents: findings from a UK clinical audit

BMJ Mental Health
Background Melatonin is commonly used to treat sleep disturbance in children and adolescents, although uncertainties about its optimal use remain.Objective To determine to what extent prescribing of melatonin complies with evidence-based clinical ...
Paul Gringras, Thomas R E Barnes, Carol Paton, Ashley Liew, Alice Ruan, Olivia Rendora, Gaia Bove   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Independent review into the Prescribing Safety Assessment [PDF]

, 2023
This independent review into the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) was commissioned by the Medical Schools Council (MSC) together with the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) in the summer of 2022. It suggests a strategic future direction for the PSA
Dacre, Jane
core   +1 more source

The changing characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C prescribed direct acting antiviral medicines in general practice since listing of the medicines on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

JGH Open, 2021
Background and Aim The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the characteristics of patients prescribed direct acting antiviral (DAA) medicines have changed since initial listing of the medicines on the Australian Pharmaceutical ...
Doreen Busingye, Kendal Chidwick, Vanessa Simpson, Jonathan Dartnell, Gregory JDore, Anne Balcomb, Suzanne Blogg   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemotherapy for Spinal Cord Intramedullary Pediatric Low‐Grade Glioma—A Systematic Literature Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric intramedullary low‐grade gliomas (PIMLGGs) are rare neoplasms that present unique clinical and management challenges. Although surgery remains the primary tool for tissue diagnosis and decompression, complete gross‐total resection is frequently unfeasible due to the infiltrative nature of these lesions.
Olga M. Sergeenko, Segev Gabay, Jonathan Roth, Amit Ringel, Rina Dvir, Shlomi Constantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribing errors : what’s the story? [PDF]

, 2001
Although prescribing errors are one of the most common causes of preventable iatrogenic injury, there have been relatively few studies of their incidence and causes. The majority of the studies that have been carried out have been based in secondary care.
Dean, Bryony
core  

iSIMPATHY: a multinational pre–post non-randomised intervention study transforming medication review

BMJ Open
Background Taking multiple medicines can be appropriate but has the potential to be problematic. The Implementing Stimulating Innovation in the Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence THrough the Years (iSIMPATHY) project used the 7-Steps person-centred
Michael G Scott, Ciara Kirke, Glenda Fleming, Alpana Mair, Claire Scullin, Nils Micheal, Stuart Law, Yousaf Kanan, Joanne Brown, Nadia H Skinner, Deborah Kyle   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Global Survey on Opioid Stewardship Practices in Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Pharmacy, 2021
Objective: The objectives of this study are to describe opioid stewardship practices in hospitals being implemented globally, in addition to investigating the attitudes and perceptions of health professionals regarding opioid stewardship in the hospital ...
Sarah Al-Samawy, Nisha Varughese, Regis Vaillancourt, Xiao Yu (William) Wang, Jonathan Penm   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source