Publications by authors named "Jeniffer Kim-Blackmore"
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- A meta-analysis showed that 81.1% of patients received antithrombotic therapy within 48 hours of ischemic stroke, indicating general compliance with treatment guidelines.
- There was no significant difference in therapy rates between low- to middle-income countries and high-income countries, nor between older and more recent studies.
- The study concluded that most countries still fall short of the standards set by North America's Get With The Guidelines program for early antiplatelet therapy.
Hospital medication errors are frequent and may result in adverse events. Data on non-prescription of regular medications to emergency department short stay unit patients is lacking. In response to local reports of regular medication omissions, a multi-disciplinary team was tasked to introduce corrective emergency department (ED) process changes, but with no additional financing or resources.
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