Methods to reduce prescribing errors in elderly patients with multimorbidity

AH Lavan, PF Gallagher… - Clinical interventions in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The global population of multimorbid older people is growing steadily. Multimorbidity is the
principal cause of complex polypharmacy, which in turn is the prime risk factor for …

Microbiology of cystic fibrosis airway disease

AC Blanchard, VJ Waters - Seminars in respiratory and critical …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Although survival of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) has been continuously improving for
the past 40 years, respiratory failure secondary to recurrent pulmonary infections remains …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and economic burden of medication errors in the NHS in England: rapid evidence synthesis and economic analysis of the prevalence and burden of …

RA Elliott, E Camacho, F Campbell, D Jankovic… - 2024 - orda.shef.ac.uk
A medication error is a preventable event that may lead to inappropriate medication use or
patient harm. 2. We found 36 studies reported error rates in primary care, care homes and …

Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding

M Mamdani, K Sykora, P Li, SLT Normand, DL Streiner… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
In cohort studies, who does or does not receive an intervention is determined by practice
patterns, personal choice, or policy decisions. This raises the possibility that the intervention …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, nature, severity and risk factors for prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: prospective study in 20 UK hospitals

DM Ashcroft, PJ Lewis, MP Tully, TM Farragher… - Drug safety, 2015 - Springer
Introduction It has been suggested that doctors in their first year of post-graduate training
make a disproportionate number of prescribing errors. Objective This study aimed to …

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the elderly: lessons from REPOSI

PM Mannucci, A Nobili… - Internal and emergency …, 2014 - Springer
The dramatic demographic changes that are occurring in the third millennium are modifying
the mission of generalist professionals such as primary care physicians and internists …

Do final‐year medical students have sufficient prescribing competencies? A systematic literature review

DJ Brinkman, J Tichelaar, S Graaf… - British journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Prescribing errors are an important cause of patient safety incidents and are frequently
caused by junior doctors. This might be because the prescribing competence of final‐year …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of CFTR modulators on airway infection in cystic fibrosis

C Harvey, S Weldon, S Elborn, DG Downey… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advent of Cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor (CFTR) modulators in 2012 was a
critical event in the history of cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment. Unlike traditional therapies that …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of medication error in critical care unit of a tertiary care hospital: where do we stand?

KG Zirpe, B Seta, S Gholap… - Indian journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Medication error in developed countries is of primary concern when there is a
question of adversity to a patient's health, but in developing countries like India, it is just a …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices about antibiotic resistance among medical students in India

MK Gupta, C Vohra, P Raghav - Journal of family medicine and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and the practices of medical students in India with
respect to antibiotic resistance and usage. Settings and Design: It was a cross-sectional …