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Errors and discrepancies in the administration of intravenous infusions: a mixed methods multihospital observational study [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Intravenous medication administration has traditionally been regarded as error prone, with high potential for harm. A recent US multisite study revealed few potentially harmful errors despite a high overall error rate.
Bates, David W. +13 more
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Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Electroporation, and Drug Delivery
, 2010 Certain short polycations, such as TAT and oligoarginine, rapidly pass through the plasma membranes of mammalian cells by a mechanism called transduction, as well as by endocytosis and macropinocytosis.
Cahill, Kevin
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Mobile Image Ratiometry: A New Method for Instantaneous Analysis of Rapid Test Strips [PDF]
, 2012 Here we describe Mobile Image Ratiometry (MIR), a new method for the automated quantification of standardized rapid immunoassay strips using consumer-based mobile smartphone and tablet cameras.
Bryan Callahan +3 more
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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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Perceived Importance of Five Different Health Issues for Gay and Bisexual Men
American Journal of Men's Health, 2013 This study assessed the perceived importance of five health issues for gay and bisexual men ( N = 660) using time-space sampling in gay bars/clubs and bathhouses in New York City: “HIV & STDs,” “Drugs & Alcohol,” “Body Image,” “Mental Health,” and ...
Christian Grov PhD, MPH +4 more
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Recent advances of two-dimensional materials in smart drug delivery nano-systems
Bioactive Materials, 2020 Smart drug delivery nano-systems show significant changes in their physical or chemical properties in response to slight change in environmental physical and/or chemical signals, and further releasing drugs adjusted to the progression of the disease at ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 Smart nanoexosomes are nanosized structures enclosed in lipid bilayers that are structurally similar to the viruses released by a variety of cells, including the cells lining the respiratory system. Of particular importance, the interaction between smart
Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi +8 more
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Medical data processing and analysis for remote health and activities monitoring [PDF]
, 2019 Recent developments in sensor technology, wearable computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and wireless communication have given rise to research in ubiquitous healthcare and remote monitoring of human\u2019s health and activities. Health monitoring systems
Hosseinpour F. +14 more
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Smart Drug Release from Medical Devices [PDF]
The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2019 Medical devices are becoming key players on health monitoring and treatment. Advances in materials science and electronics have paved the way to the design of advanced wearable, insertable, and implantable medical devices suitable for the prevention and cure of diseases and the physical or functional replacement of damaged tissues or organs.
Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo, Angel Concheiro
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Validation of smart nanoparticles as controlled drug delivery systems: loading and pH-dependent release of pilocarpine [PDF]
, 2017 Micelles are good devices for use as controlled drug delivery systems because they exhibit the ability to protect the encapsulated substance from the routes of degradation until they reach the site of action. The present work assesses loading kinetics of
Galbis Fuster, Elsa +4 more
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