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241. Quality Special Issue. | PSNet
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     April 13, 2022 - November 9, 2022 Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment … November 11, 2015 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice … December 5, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

242. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2006 - patient previously had been treated with an ACE inhibitor and had developed hyperkalemia after 1 week of therapy … First, the physician formulated the incorrect assumption that ACE inhibitor therapy had been previously … heavily influenced by multiple factors, including the dose of the offending drug(s), use of concomitant therapies … outpatients, their deaths are often misattributed to heart disease rather than an adverse effect of therapy … The obvious downsides of this approach are the delay to treatment and the possibility that the therapy

243. Buprenorphine and the Medically Ill Patient | PSNet
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     August 20, 2018 - treatments (including length of abstinence following treatment), and other comorbid medical and mental … Psychosocial treatment modalities, including group, individual, and family therapy, are equally important … and employ evidence-based treatment approaches such as motivational enhancement therapy, cognitive-behavioral … therapy, 12-Step programs, and/or contingency management therapy. … Patients who drop out of psychosocial treatments need to be reevaluated for continued opioid therapy.

244. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - TB is further compounded by the increasingly frequent use of respiratory quinolones as first-line therapy … broadly, clinicians need to recognize that "pneumonia" that does not respond to empiric antibiotic therapy … (or to treatment for a plausible alternative diagnosis). … Empiric treatment of community-acquired pneumonia with fluoroquinolones, and delays in the treatment … Causes to Consider When Pneumonia Does Not Respond to Several Days of Empiric Antibiotic Therapy Lung

245. A Lot of Pain (Medications) | PSNet
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     September 23, 2020 - All of these factors can result in under-treatment of pain in this patient population.( 5 ) When … This information would be essential in assessing response to therapy. … He was transferred to the intensive care unit for ongoing monitoring and treatment with naloxone. … Trends in long-term opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain. … Pharmacologic treatment of cancer pain. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1124-1132. [go to PubMed] 10.

246. In Conversation With... Georgia Galanou Luchen, Pharm. D. | PSNet
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     October 24, 2021 - 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 … 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

247. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2024 - Describe effective treatments for hypertensive emergencies. … How should we sequence the treatments for heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction? … Optimizing guideline-directed medical therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction during … -Blocker therapy for patients with heart failure: a quantitative overview of randomized trials. … View AHRQ Disclaimers https://www.uscjournal.com/articles/optimizing-guideline-directed-medical-therapies-heart-failure-reduced-ejection-fraction

248. Just-in-time training for high-risk low-volume therapies: an approach to ensure patient safety. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - Commentary Just-in-time training for high-risk low-volume therapies: an approach … Just-in-Time Training for High-Risk Low-Volume Therapies: An Approach to Ensure Patient Safety. … and competency shortcomings for bedside nurses on an as-needed basis, given the demands of complex treatments … Just-in-Time Training for High-Risk Low-Volume Therapies: An Approach to Ensure Patient Safety.

249. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2003 - Some practitioners prefer surgical therapy to treatment with methotrexate in patients with more than … (Table) We do not advocate using hCG levels alone to exclude patients from methotrexate therapy. … and benefits of treatment, the expected course and duration of treatment, as well as the importance … with methotrexate; such pain does not necessarily represent failure of medical therapy. … Management of separation pain after single-dose methotrexate therapy for ectopic pregnancy.

250. Spotlight (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - , also known as disease-directed therapies. 11 When Policy Lags Behind Care: The Hospice Benefit … Many hospices at the outset specify which costly palliative treatments they will or will not “approve … culture of hospice and palliative care has become estranged from clinicians who deliver diagnostic and therapeutic … – Examples include chemotherapy, radiation, hemodialysis, and therapeutic paracentesis. … Whole brain radiation therapy was administered.

251. Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: an SBAR-based approach. | PSNet
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     November 21, 2012 - Warfarin therapy is commonly associated with adverse events despite specific indicators designed … homes, the patients randomized to the SBAR approach had statistically significant improvements in their therapeutic … February 11, 2009 The safety of warfarin therapy in the nursing home setting. … December 15, 2010 Heparin: improving treatment and reducing risk of harm.

252. Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment: synthesis of an adverse event model. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Review Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment … Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment: synthesis of an adverse … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;23(1):407. doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04230-2. … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies . 2023; 23 (1) :407 . … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;23(1):407. doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04230-2.

253. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2011 - issue/randomized-trial-warfarin-communication-protocol-nursing-homes-sbar-based- approach Warfarin therapy … , the patients randomized to the SBAR approach had statistically significant improvements in their therapeutic … sbar-shared-mental-model-improving-communication-between-clinicians https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-warfarin-therapy-nursing-home-setting

254. Patient Safety and Adherence to Self-Administered Medications | PSNet
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     September 29, 2011 - Adherence, the extent to which patients take their treatments as prescribed, is surprisingly low with … Thus, this is a vital missing link in translation of evidence-based treatments into effective practice … patients and providers alike on expected and achieved processes of care, adherence to appointments and treatments … A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality. … Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed? JAMA. 1993;269:2779-2781.

255. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Physical dependence itself is a harm because it leads to self-perpetuating therapies for drugs that … They're less happy to pay for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or cognitive behavioral therapy for … So our practice models really facilitate the treatment of pain with medication, which would be excellent … As much as I don't endorse the use of opioids, particularly at high doses as a treatment for chronic … There is a role for the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain.

256. 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

257. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2022 - drug class, opioids are associated with wide interindividual variability in response and a narrow therapeutic … Treatment teams should consider requesting a regional block from the Anesthesiology service and the … addition of scheduled non-opioid adjunctive therapy. … Treatment modalities that incorporate non-pharmacologic therapy, ice/heat, elevation, and physical therapy … therapy to meet patient needs.

258. 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

259. Don't Pick the PICC | PSNet
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     December 01, 2011 - An infectious diseases consultant recommended therapy with 6 weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone to be given … via outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. … periods of time, and PICC use has migrated into the home care setting, allowing prolonged intravenous therapy … Safety and efficacy of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in an academic infectious disease clinic … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) WebM&M Cases More Treatment—Better

260. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - An infectious diseases consultant recommended therapy with 6 weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone to be … given via outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. … radiology team was consulted to place a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line for antibiotic therapy … periods of time, and PICC use has migrated into the home care setting, allowing prolonged intravenous therapy … Safety and efficacy of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in an academic infectious disease clinic