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81. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2008 - She was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate). … She was then prescribed azithromycin. … A 2007 study found that antibiotics were prescribed in 82.7% of outpatient visits due to acute sinusitis … The patient was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate) as initial therapy. … While this agent is the second most common antibiotic prescribed for acute sinusitis (behind amoxicillin

82. Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad | PSNet
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    January 01, 2014 - She was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate). … She was then prescribed azithromycin. … A 2007 study found that antibiotics were prescribed in 82.7% of outpatient visits due to acute sinusitis … The patient was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate) as initial therapy. … While this agent is the second most common antibiotic prescribed for acute sinusitis (behind amoxicillin

83. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 08, 2020 - Topamax™ had been accidentally selected by a nurse and pended to the physician who then prescribed the … The provider bypassed multiple opportunities to prevent the wrong medication being prescribed, which … SLICE 3: The Pharmacist Reviewing and Filling the Incorrectly Prescribed Medication  The third category … Although the pharmacist dispensed the prescription as it was prescribed, it was the incorrect prescription …  that would enable pharmacists to thoroughly assess and verify the clinical appropriateness of the prescribed

84. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2016 - That night, the patient was given her home medications at the prescribed doses: zolpidem 10 mg at 22: … patients who do not have a documented sleep disorder prior to hospitalization and were not previously prescribed … utilization is associated with adverse effects and detrimental outcomes, such medications are still commonly prescribed … In this case, it is unclear whether the nephrologist who prescribed the hydroxyzine knew that the patient … new sleep aids in the hospital may not need them after discharge and so should not automatically be prescribed

85. Preventability of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - VTE at one tertiary care hospital found that many patients who developed VTE while hospitalized were prescribed … appropriate prophylaxis but did not receive all of the prescribed doses.

86. Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose from benzodiazepine use in the United States. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2016 - Patients prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently may be at increased risk for adverse … Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify adults already using a benzodiazepine who were newly prescribed

87. Implementing electronic health record default settings to reduce opioid overprescribing: a pilot study. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Patients prescribed high doses of opioids for acute pain are at increased risk of developing long-term … April 17, 2019 An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed

88. Patient outcomes in dose reduction or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    April 08, 2019 - A previous study demonstrated that patients prescribed higher doses of opioid medications or longer … August 15, 2018 Interventions for the reduction of prescribed opioid use in chronic non-cancer

89. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet
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    June 19, 2024 - and death among hospitalized patients by 50–80%. 19 However, these medications are not universally prescribed … appropriate VTE prophylaxis. 4 Of the hospitalized patients who were prescribed VTE prophylaxis, 12% … the time of the start of the initiative, the VTE Collaborative found that only 33% of patients were prescribed … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk-appropriate prophylaxis and … 73% missed at least one dose of prescribed prophylaxis. 26 Results Clinical Decision Support Tool

90. Double Trouble | PSNet
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    August 01, 2012 - 2 ) [Go to related commentary] Despite its clear importance, the issue of patient adherence to a prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … brown-bag check-up” ( 11 ) with their primary care physician, a dedicated time to review all current prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed

91. Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and health care expenditures. | PSNet
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    March 05, 2008 - This analysis of antibiotics prescribed to more than 2.8 million children showed more than 30% of children … with bacterial infection, and 4%-70% of children with viral infection were inappropriately prescribed

92. Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly care ward. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2017 - studies have found that older patients experience high rates of adverse drug events and are often prescribed … a checklist , and plan-do-study-act methods to help identify potentially inappropriate medications prescribed

93. Indication-specific opioid prescribing for US patients with Medicaid or private Insurance, 2017 | PSNet
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    August 02, 2017 - patients with chronic non-cancer pain conditions undergoing long-term opioid therapy were commonly prescribed … 2022 Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed

94. Spotlight-Slides-Wright-Schiff (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - . 4 Case: Lost Start Date (2) At the time of his discharge home, the physician electronically prescribed … Surescripts network • Yet, there are many opportunities for losing information in the process 15 The Prescribed … Regimen in This Case • The regimen prescribed in this case was very complex • Entering such a regimen

95. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33606/psn-pdf
    September 07, 2019 - For many years, opioids were routinely prescribed for pain of any etiology, despite the fact that opioids … wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery range of  patient populations, and disturbingly, patients often are prescribed … Even when opioids are prescribed appropriately, prescription of unnecessarily large quantities can lead … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-dose-tapering-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-among-patients-prescribed-long

96. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60611/psn-pdf
    June 24, 2020 - as opposed to the prescription label, the patient reported taking 15 mg twice daily for 19 days (as prescribed … White, MD  This patient was prescribed rivaroxaban to prevent arterial re-thrombosis following thrombolysis … The prescribed dosing of rivaroxaban was the package insert recommendation for the treatment of  acute … For patients with a CrCl <15 ml/min, rivaroxaban should not be prescribed.1  Rivaroxaban does have an … When a DOAC is prescribed for initial VTE treatment, higher doses may be given initially (e.g., for the

97. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 22, 2021 - and death among hospitalized patients by 50–80%.19 However, these medications are not universally prescribed … A review of patient charts at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2005 found that only 33% of patients were prescribed … appropriate VTE prophylaxis.4 Of the hospitalized patients who were prescribed VTE prophylaxis, 12% … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk- appropriate prophylaxis … and 73% missed at least one dose of prescribed prophylaxis.26 Results Clinical Decision Support Tool

98. Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse events. | PSNet
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    July 31, 2017 - Dentists prescribed the largest share of more than 1 million opioid prescriptions, followed by surgeons … April 25, 2018 Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids.

99. Long-term risk of overdose or mental health crisis after opioid dose tapering. | PSNet
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    August 25, 2021 - (s) Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed … 2022 Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed

100. Good Night's Sleep Gone Wrong | PSNet
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     September 01, 2015 - That night, the patient was given her home medications at the prescribed doses: zolpidem 10 mg at 22: … general medicine patients complain of sleep disruptions.( 3 ) As a result, patients are frequently prescribed … patients who do not have a documented sleep disorder prior to hospitalization and were not previously prescribed … In this case, it is unclear whether the nephrologist who prescribed the hydroxyzine knew that the patient … new sleep aids in the hospital may not need them after discharge and so should not automatically be prescribed