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Intraosseous Medication Administration
Current recommendations for intraosseous (IO) medication administration are largely based upon preclinical animal studies and anecdotal reports of IO...
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Psychotropic Medication
Various psychotropic medications have been developed for use in children and adolescents. The evolution of psychotropic medication and commonly...
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Medication Management and Treatment Adherence
Medication-related problems (MRPs), including medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs), are serious public health and clinical service...
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Medication Optimisation in Older People
The population of the UK and many countries worldwide is ageing. Older people tend to suffer from more diseases and therefore take more medication....
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Medication Errors in Dialysis Patients
End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is an extremely complex chronic condition requiring nuanced attention to patient care and medication management. This...
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Identification of Medication-Related Risks in Bariatric Surgery Patients by Performing Structured Medication Reviews
PurposeMore medication-related issues are seen with the growing demand for bariatric surgery, because of possible altered pharmacokinetics after...
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Medication Treatment for Visceral Pain
Treatments for visceral pain can be summarized as conventional drug therapy, non-conventional drug therapy, and non-drug therapy. Except for emergent...
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Medication Safety in Older People
This chapter considers implications for medication safety due to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes affecting the handling of medicines in...
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Why do patients want medication free treatment for psychosis? An explorative study on reasons for applying to medication free programs
BackgroundA focus on patient’s and service user’s perspectives regarding long-term antipsychotic treatment led to a declaration from the Norwegian...
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Medication Reconciliation and Review: Theory, Practice and Evidence
Medication-related problems, including medication error and inappropriate prescribing, are commonly experienced by older people and increase their...
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Using Cognitive Ergonomics and Metacognition Processes for Understanding and Improving Medication Safety Systems
Cognitive ergonomics implies understanding how people make decisions, and how to design safer systems for the people involved. Understanding how...
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Medication Reduction Programs
Despite the closure of institutions, the prescribing of psychotropic medications for people with intellectual disabilities, autism or both has not...
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Obtaining medication histories via telepharmacy: an observational study
BackgroundMedication reconciliation is an effective strategy to reduce medication errors upon hospital admission. The process involves obtaining a...
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Improving medication adherence in cardiovascular disease
Non-adherence to medication is a global health problem with far-reaching individual-level and population-level consequences but remains unappreciated...
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Experts by Experience, Demedicalization and the Emergence of Alternative Approaches to Mental Health Care: Gaining Autonomy & Medication Management (GAM) in Brazil
This chapter addresses an alternative mental health care strategy to the hegemonic medicalizing logic: Gaining Autonomy & Medication Management (GAM)...
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Medication-free mental health treatment: a focus group study of milieu therapeutic settings
BackgroundMedication-free treatment within mental health care aims to offer therapeutic support as an alternative to psychotropic medication....
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Effect of medication therapy management services on medication-burden quality of life in hemodialysis patients
BackgroundHemodialysis (HD) patients commonly receive polypharmacy leading to increased likelihood of drug related problems (DRPs) and poor quality...
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Medication overuse headache
Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a secondary headache disorder attributed to overuse of acute headache medications by a person with an underlying...
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Medication reconciliation by pharmacists for pre-admission patients improves patient safety
BackgroundMedication errors related to the pre-admission medication history obtained on admission are a major cause of medication error during...
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Simulation for Medication Safety and Patient Safety Practice
This chapter provides an overview of the use of simulation in medication safety and patient safety practices in healthcare settings. Simulation has...