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Medication errors in hospitals in the Middle East: a systematic review of prevalence, nature, severity and contributory factors
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
© 2019, The Author(s). Purpose: The aim was to critically appraise, synthesise and present the evidence of medication errors amongst hospitalised patients in Middle Eastern countries, specifically prevalence, nature, ...
An evaluation of mental health clinical pharmacist independent prescribers within general practice in remote and rural Scotland
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Background A 12-month pilot was implemented in two general practices in remote and rural Scotland, with patients referred by general practitioners to specialist mental health pharmacist independent prescribers. Objective ...
General public's perspectives of issues relating to misuse of medicines: a cross-sectional survey in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Background Misuse of prescription medicines is a global issue potentially resulting in severe consequences including adverse drug reactions, dependence, tolerance, increased healthcare utility and mortality. Objective To ...
A study to investigate the impact of a blended learning teaching approach to teach pharmacy law
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Objective
To describe the implementation and assess the effect of a blended learning approach to teach pharmacy law.
Methods
Twenty didactic pharmacy law lectures were redeveloped to 9 h of flipped classroom sessions. ...
Principles, paradigms, and application of qualitative research in pharmacy practice
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Qualitative research methodology is applied to investigate a problem that has unmeasurable variables to obtain a comprehensive understanding of a topic by discussing it with the involved individuals and to recognize the ...
Meteorological Factors and Seasonal Stroke Rates: A Four-year Comprehensive Study
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W.B. Saunders
, 2019 , Article)
Introduction: There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that acute cardiovascular events including stroke are not distributed randomly over time but instead depend on months/season of the year. We report the impact ...
Extent of extemporaneous compounding and pattern of prescribing and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Objectives: To determine the extent of extemporaneous compounding, the prescribing pattern and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting like Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional assessment was conducted at ...
Clinical and Economic Analysis of Morphine Versus Fentanyl in Managing Ventilated Neonates With Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Intensive Care Setting
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Excerpta Medica Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: Morphine and fentanyl opioids are common analgesic agents for consideration in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and undergoing mechanical ventilation ...
Multimorbidity and emergency department visits by a homeless population: a database study in specialist general practice.
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Royal College of General Practitioners
, 2019 , Article)
Estimating healthcare needs of the homeless is associated with challenges in identifying the eligible population. To explore the demographic characteristics, disease prevalence, multimorbidity, and emergency department ...
Pass-fail decisions for borderline performers after a summative objective structured clinical examination
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American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
, 2019 , Article)
Objective. To determine what expert assessors value when making pass-fail decisions regarding pharmacy students based on summative data from objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), and to determine the reliability ...