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281. Chemotherapy drug shortages in pediatric oncology: a consensus statement. | PSNet
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     March 15, 2017 - An ethical framework for allocating scarce life-saving chemotherapy and supportive care drugs … April 26, 2023 Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced

282. Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. | PSNet
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     November 21, 2018 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Impact of interactions between drugs … February 6, 2019 Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on

283. The impact of drug shortages on patients with cardiovascular disease: causes, consequences, and a call to action. | PSNet
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     October 10, 2012 - November 1, 2023 Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced … September 7, 2016 Despite federal legislation, shortages of drugs used in acute care

284. Association of off-label drug use and adverse drug events in an adult population. | PSNet
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     February 03, 2011 - The accompanying editorial notes that the FDA is under pressure to relax restrictions on marketing of drugs

285. Novel Drug Misuse | PSNet
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     September 30, 2010 - that the commentary does not include information about or discuss investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … July 14, 2010 Adverse events associated with sedatives, analgesics, and other drugs that

286. Compare and Contrast | PSNet
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     July 16, 2019 - possible risk factors for CN include older age (with normal kidney function), concomitant use of selected drugs … Physicians should avoid other nephrotoxic drugs if at all possible. … addition, their commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … Medications – Stop drugs that may increase contrast nephrotoxicity: diuretics and non-steroidal agents

287. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 24, 2020 - DOAC drugs should not be considered simply as substitutes for warfarin because their mechanism of action … Compared to warfarin, DOAC drugs are not as effective in preventing thrombosis for some conditions.  … in patients taking it as compared to patients taking warfarin.11 In combination with anti-platelet drugs … Titusville, NJ: Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.; 2020.  2. Eikelboom, J, Connoly, S, Bosch, J. … Ridgefield, CT: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 2020.  22. SAVAYSA [Package Insert].

288. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 16, 2019 - ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-44 This report discusses examples of serious medication errors involving "sound-alike" drugs

289. Serious adverse drug events reported to the Food and Drug Administration, 1998-2005. | PSNet
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     June 07, 2016 - Voluntarily reported  adverse drug events increased markedly from 1998-2005, with a small proportion of drugs

290. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2019 - The report for the 2nd quarter of 2019 focuses on problems related to methotrexate errors, addictive drugs

291. In Conversation With… David Juurlink, MD, PhD | PSNet
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     May 22, 2017 - We are rightly reluctant to use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in certain patients. … With the pharmacology of these drugs, it makes a lot of sense that that would be the case. … But they'll perceive it as "These drugs are treating my pain and I need to continue them." … It's paradoxical and it's not widely appreciated, but these drugs can themselves cause pain. … The primary goal of medical practice is to relieve suffering and these drugs do have a role.

292. Opioid Overdose as a Patient Safety Problem | PSNet
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     May 01, 2017 - We are rightly reluctant to use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in certain patients. … With the pharmacology of these drugs, it makes a lot of sense that that would be the case. … But they'll perceive it as "These drugs are treating my pain and I need to continue them." … It's paradoxical and it's not widely appreciated, but these drugs can themselves cause pain. … The primary goal of medical practice is to relieve suffering and these drugs do have a role.

293. Medication errors—new approaches to prevention. | PSNet
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     November 18, 2016 - 2014 Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs … 2019 Multimodal system designed to reduce errors in recording and administration of drugs

294. ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program: one in three vaccine errors associated with age-related factors. | PSNet
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     July 27, 2016 - July 8, 2015 Survey suggests possible downward trend in identifying key drugs/drug classes … May 7, 2014 Audit of missed or delayed antimicrobial drugs.

295. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - increase the risk of toxicity include advancing age, cardiac status, and concomitant use of other drugs … administered along with other agents that also affect cardiac conduction (e.g., type I antiarrhytmic drugs … of the contribution of pharmacokinetic drug interactions to the toxicity profile of antidepressant drugs … CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S. CNNhealth.com. July 9, 2007. … Antidepressant drugs and the emergence of suicidal tendencies. Drug Saf. 1993;8:186-212.

296. One ACE Too Many | PSNet
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     June 21, 2016 - Although ACE inhibitors are generally well tolerated, like most drugs, their most worrisome adverse effects … to occur early in therapy.( 4 ) The front-loading of adverse events, which is characteristic of most drugs … concomitant therapies, and comorbid illnesses, particularly renal disease and diabetes mellitus.( 1,2,5 ) Drugs … Second, RCTs restrict or prohibit the concomitant use of other drugs that can cause hyperkalemia. … Can occur with prophylactic doses (eg, 5000 units BID) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

297. Hazards of Loading Doses | PSNet
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     December 01, 2003 - doses are larger than maintenance doses and most are administered in a single bolus, although some drugs … digoxin, amiodarone) may require multiple loading doses administered over several hours to days.( 1 ) Drugs … With many drugs, an increase in dose will give you a proportional increase in expected concentration. … associated with loading doses.( 7,8 ) From an organizational perspective, these include identifying drugs … that have the greatest risk of causing harm, limiting the number of drugs on formulary that require

298. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2023 - depressant medications such as opioids should be administered sparingly, and non-opioid analgesic drugs … should be used whenever possible.17 Neuromuscular blocking drugs also need to be fully reversed prior … on a sufficiently high carbon dioxide level to drive respiration.25 Reverse neuromuscular blocking drugs … acceleromyography applied to the adductor pollicis muscle to confirm full recovery from neuromuscular blocking drugs … Ensure adequate reversal of neuromuscular blocking drugs prior to extubation.

299. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2023 - survey will inform the revision of a high-alert medication list used to raise awareness about certain drugs

300. Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation | PSNet
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     March 27, 2024 - Additionally, the list of drugs that are known to prolong the QTc interval should be readily available … Female gender as a risk factor for torsades de pointes associated with cardiovascular drugs.  … Torsades de pointes associated with nonantiarrhythmic drugs and observations on gender and QTc.  … Interactions of a series of fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs with the human cardiac K+ channel  HERG