Jul 9, 2019
A retrospective cohort study conducted in the USA examined outcomes for 6481 medical patients with pneumonia, closely scrutinizing the rate of excess antibiotic treatment duration. The unit of measure was excess days per 30-day period, calculated by subtracting each...
Jul 9, 2019
There is not doubt that acute gout is a painful condition, but do we really need to treat that pain with opioids? Researchers assessed the records of 456 patients discharged from ED or hospital after an episode of gout, and 129 (28.3%) received an opioid at discharge;...
Jul 5, 2019
Australian research has recently examined the issue of “misappropriated” medicines in the Emergency Department. The researchers completed a retrospective audit of medications procured and administered (and equipment replaced) during the year 2016, in a...
Jul 5, 2019
Researchers from the UK and Finland have recently collaborated to examine medication administration error with a lethal outcome occurring in the acute care setting in England and Wales over a 10 year period. It appears that the drugs we worry about the most are the...
Jul 4, 2019
The Canadian government has taken a leadership role by mandating the reporting of ADRs and other serious adverse events in hospitals. The new regulations will take effect in late 2019 and will require reporting within a 30 day time frame of events. The reporting...
