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381. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 24, 2020 - monitoring parameters for DOACs such as the International Normalized Ratio (INR) which reflects the therapeutic … making it difficult for providers to keep up with the most current evidence-based and FDA-approved drug treatments … Examples of specific indications include: VTE treatment vs atrial fibrillation treatment, using warfarin … vs DOACs, normal vs. impaired renal function, weight adjustment and initial treatment vs. chronic treatment … Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations. 

382. Association between end-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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     August 15, 2018 - August 20, 2018 Effect of therapeutic interchange on medication reconciliation during

383. In Conversation With... Heidi Wald, MD | PSNet
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     November 26, 2019 - The therapeutic window for many of our interventions is much narrower in these patients. … Medication is such a key part of our therapeutic efforts. … However, there is a narrower therapeutic window in our frail older patients. … Frail older patients are at risk of unintended consequences from procedures and treatments. … Widespread misinterpretation of advance directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments

384. Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients | PSNet
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     November 26, 2019 - Frail older patients are at risk of unintended consequences from procedures and treatments. … The therapeutic window for many of our interventions is much narrower in these patients. … Medication is such a key part of our therapeutic efforts. … However, there is a narrower therapeutic window in our frail older patients. … Widespread misinterpretation of advance directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments

385. The Role of Community Pharmacists in Patient Safety | PSNet
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     October 24, 2021 - formulations, 1 and specialty pharmacies where patients receive outpatient care for complex medication therapies … process, the community pharmacist provides a clinical review of prescribed medications to ensure the therapies … You then have the therapeutic considerations of safety—that is, ensuring that the medication prescribed … So there’s a whole therapeutic profile review that occurs in every medication that's dispensed in the … This means that the time the pharmacist spends conducting the therapeutic review, clarifying questions

386. When Looks Aren’t All They Appear to Be: A Medication Error in an Uncommon Indication | PSNet
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     July 02, 2019 - After three days of her first cycle of therapy, she complained of diffuse abdominal pain that lasted … This antagonism of dopaminergic function represents the mechanism by which chlorpromazine exerts its therapeutic … It also did not require the ordering provider to specify the indication for therapy.  … cardiac comorbidities that may have precipitation harm, and the prescribed dosage was within the safe therapeutic … jama.1966.03110140066019  Incidence, Diagnosis, and Management of QT Prolongation Induced by Cancer Therapies

387. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2019 - hemorrhagic stroke, coronary artery disease, and severe aplastic anemia required immunosuppressive therapy … Antimicrobial therapy was broadened to meropenem, caspofungin, azithromycin, and vancomycin. … The patient developed anuric renal failure necessitating continuous renal replacement therapy. … considered, either with amoxicillin to disprove the underlying penicillin allergy or with the indicated therapeutic … If there is no reaction, the next dose of the beta-lactam antibiotic is given per its usual therapeutic

388. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2024 - item such as wound packing or a wound vacuum system or a vascular clamp is intentionally placed for treatment … or therapy and intended to temporarily remain in a patient after the procedure, the preferred terminology … is “therapeutic packing” or placement. … If that therapeutic pack is not removed as intended, then it should be described as a “retained surgical

389. 2017 update on pediatric medical overuse: a review. | PSNet
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     March 04, 2020 - literature published in 2017 identified 8 high-quality studies documenting overuse of diagnostic testing and therapeutics … October 29, 2017 Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening

390. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2025 - CDSS) —defined as any system designed to improve clinical decision-making related to diagnostic or therapeutic … These artificial intelligence approaches have tremendous potential for transforming diagnosis and therapy

391. One Bronchoscopy, Two Errors | PSNet
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     December 09, 2020 - He slowly improved with treatment of his pneumonia and went home a few days later. … and Rune Nielsen, MD, PhD Bronchoscopy ( Figure 1 ) is performed for a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic … mediastinal tumors/masses/infiltrates, evaluation of interstitial lung disease, and a large variety of therapeutic … Several types of visualization, sampling, and treatment techniques can be applied, and the procedure … Mycobacterium tuberculosis , and Aspergillus species is crucial for the choice of antimicrobial therapy

392. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2005 - Lumbar puncture was attempted three times without success; empiric treatment for meningitis was started … Further examination revealed an area of cellulitis, and intravenous antibiotic therapy was changed accordingly … verify the information, and physicians use the resulting list to aid in making decisions about drug therapy … This comparison is useful to screen for therapeutic duplication, possible drug interactions, omissions … Reconciliation at discharge is necessary to avoid therapeutic duplication, drug interactions, and omissions

393. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Reduced or delayed access to specialized diagnostics or therapeutics (particularly invasive procedures … ) on weekends could delay diagnosis or treatment of time-sensitive conditions, potentially resulting … which is collected mostly for billing purposes, contain clinical information on diagnoses, tests, and treatments … patient care could be improved through 7-day staffing of hospitals or increasing access to specialized therapeutics

394. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2005 - described, we do not know whether he was started on these two oral hypoglycemic agents as his initial treatment … Starting therapy in an elderly patient with a single agent is generally a safer strategy, and many patients … patients, including (i) the “start low and go slow” philosophy when initiating and intensifying a therapeutic … However, every effort must be taken to provide elderly patients with the full benefits of an optimal therapeutic … The patient was readmitted to hospital and given fluids intravenously; the antibiotic therapy was stopped

395. Staggered Sensitivity Results | PSNet
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     May 01, 2013 - The intent in providing early preliminary microbiology reports is to streamline empirical therapy to … One system involves Therapeutic Antibiotic Monitoring (TAM) alerts in which coordinated pharmacy and … review, and dissemination of institutional susceptibility results with associated recommendations for therapy … ASHP Therapeutic Guidelines on Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery. … June 1, 2012 WebM&M Cases Treatment Challenges

396. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Suicide Attempts_03.17.2023 FINAL.pptx (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - psychopharmacologic regimens for patients with psychiatric comorbidity often require several days or more to reach therapeutic … • Admission to an inpatient unit allows daily monitoring to achieve therapeutic drug levels and assess … – Psychotherapies may include supportive, cognitive, and dialectical behavioral therapies, but their … family and social support are vital, they are not substitutes for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric treatments … Pharmacological Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

397. Webmm Spotlight Suicide Risk Assessment (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - live – Find ways to make their environments safe • Successful completion of this exercise can be therapeutic … dangerous medications are secured – Emphasize the importance of outpatient behavioral health follow-up • Therapeutic … interventions: – Modest benefits have been documented for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical … behavioral therapy (DBT) • More research is needed to determine best intervention(s) for medical hospital … settings, multi-modal treatments are likely to be necessary 25 4.

398. Spotlight (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - • Providers need to understand contraindications to insulin pump therapy and discuss contraindications … • Admitting provider should decide whether to continue insulin pump therapy in collaboration with … • Daily communication about the goals of therapy can reduce patients’ and caregivers’ resistance … Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2019;21:66-72. 6. Munt R, Hutton A. … Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2017;19:363- 9. 17. American Diabetes A. 15.

399. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49612/psn-pdf
     November 01, 2010 - Treatment Challenges After Discharge November 1, 2010 Coffey C. … Treatment Challenges After Discharge. PSNet [internet]. 2010. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/treatment-challenges-after-discharge Case Objectives Understand types … psnet.ahrq.gov//#references https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#references complications, and diagnostic and therapeutic … discharge are common and include adverse drug events, nosocomial infections, procedural complications, and therapeutic

400. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 14, 2023 - medical error during these transitions is exacerbated for those with complex medical diseases and treatment … storage during hospitalization In the United States, each health care system has its own Pharmacy and Therapeutics … that were not on the hospital formulary, and thus they brought their home medications to continue treatment … Managing conflicts of interest in pharmacy and therapeutics committees: a proposal for multicentre formulary