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  1. More Treatment—Better Care? | PSNet

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    August 11, 2021 - radiation (cancer) and incidental findings Conservative Prescribing ( 10 ) Overuse Think beyond drugs

  2. Complications of Vascular Access Procedures in Patients with Kidney Disease | PSNet

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    November 15, 2023 - The adverse outcomes of two of them were secondary to drugs given for sedation, while the third patient

  3. Patient Safety and Health Information Technology: Learning from Our Mistakes | PSNet

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    July 01, 2012 - Drugs have side effects, defibrillators fire where they shouldn't, and hips fail—what you have to do

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2008 - What Was in Those Platelets? July 1, 2008 Yomtovian R. What Was in Those Platelets? . PSNet [internet]. 2008. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/what-was-those-platelets The Case A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for complex spinal surgery. The surgery went well without complications, and postoperativel…

  5. What Was in Those Platelets? | PSNet

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    August 28, 2024 - What Was in Those Platelets? Citation Text: Yomtovian R. What Was in Those Platelets? . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endn…

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2008 - Patients often get multiple drugs that they don't necessarily need, and so on.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2013 - Part of the reason is that, unlike in pharmaceuticals, there is no deep pocket willing to pay for the … For example, we have an agency that regulates the drugs and devices, and they have an agency that regulates

  8. The Magnetic Deflection | PSNet

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    November 18, 2016 - The Magnetic Deflection Citation Text: Kanal E. The Magnetic Deflection. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMe…

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 31, 2013 - Return on investment for vendor computerized physician order entry in four community hospitals: the importance of decision support. July 31, 2013 Zimlichman E, Keohane C, Franz C, et al. Return on investment for vendor computerized physician order entry in four community hospitals: the importance of decision suppo…

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 07, 2015 - Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing systems in two 'early adopter' hospitals. January 7, 2015 Cresswell K, Bates DW, Williams R, et al. Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial compu…

  11. Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. | PSNet

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    August 20, 2018 - Study Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. Citation Text: Farooq M, Kirke C, Foley K. Documentation of drug allergy on drug chart in patients presenting for surgery. Ir J Med Sci. 2008;177(3):243-5. doi:10.1007/s11845-008-0166-7. Copy Citati…

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 14, 2017 - accompanying editorial notes that the FDA is under pressure to relax restrictions on marketing of drugs

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 23, 2012 - potentially-inappropriate-medications-defined-stopp-criteria-and-risk-adverse- drug-events Many medications, particularly sedatives and other drugs

  14. Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error | PSNet

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    August 01, 2006 - These regimens can involve multiple drugs administered in repetitive cycles, and are adjusted periodically … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices. … July 23, 2014 Characteristics of medication errors with parenteral cytotoxic drugs. … February 1, 2012 Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs

  15. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet

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    April 04, 2018 - It is well known that high doses of opioids as well as the combination of multiple opioids, illicit drugs … .( 1 ) The remaining 10% of patients seeing multiple doctors and typically involved in diversion of drugs … The combination of multiple drugs along with comorbid conditions and social instability should have been … addition, the commentary does not include information regarding investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical … products or medical devices.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 14, 2017 - In this study, those drugs and digoxin accounted for nearly one-third of ADEs requiring hospitalization

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 26, 2011 - While the study results are promising, one caveat is that the system was not used for high-risk drugs

  18. Mismanagement of Delirium | PSNet

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    February 13, 2014 - first step in pharmacological management of delirium is to discontinue or reduce doses of psychoactive drugs … Drugs that could cause or worsen delirium should be discontinued or doses adjusted. … sedative hypnotics, anticholinergics, corticosteroids, polypharmacy, withdrawal of alcohol or other drugs … Renal, hepatic, and thyroid function Cultures of urine, blood, sputum Concentrations of suspected drugs … from delirium Management Actions Drug adjustments Reduce or remove psychoactive drugs

  19. A Mistaken Dose of Naloxone  | PSNet

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    March 21, 2009 - involved opioids – a 12% increase from 2016. 1  This opioid overdose epidemic is due to use of illicit drugs … , highly potent synthetic opioids, mixing of illicit and prescription opioid or sedative drugs, and misused … Prescription drugs: prescribers: naloxone hydrochloride and other FDA-approved drugs ,  AB 2760 , 2018

  20. Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system. | PSNet

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    June 30, 2011 - Study Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system. Citation Text: Mille F, Schwartz C, Brion F, et al. Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug-drug interaction detection system. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008;20(6):400-5. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzn038. Copy Ci…
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