Am J Med Qual
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Department of Pharmacy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Published: November 2021
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Pharmacy (Basel)
January 2025
iMed.ULisboa-Research Institute for Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are prevalent among Long-Term Care (LTC) users. Older people, who most use LTC services, are more prone to drug-related problems, which polypharmacy aggravates. Deprescribing is a key intervention to address polypharmacy and inappropriate medication.
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January 2025
Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Trauma triage is the use of trauma assessment for prioritizing patients for treatment or transport by injury severity. According to Taiwan Public Health Report, accidents and their adverse events were the sixth leading cause of death and accounted for over 7000 casualties in 2009. However, a lack of accuracy in identifying the severity of a patient's injury and their prehospital information can result in inappropriate triage.
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January 2025
Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, USA.
Background: Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is a process that depends on diagnostic colonoscopy for those with a positive test and completion of colonoscopy after positive FIT is an essential element of program effectiveness.
Aims: We examined how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced completion of diagnostic colonoscopy after positive FIT in our integrated healthcare system.
Methods: This was a retrospective study of all positive FIT over a 5-year period.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
January 2025
Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Objective: To analyze antimicrobial prescribing practices in Australian emergency departments (ED), identifying prescribing areas requiring improvement. This aims to inform antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies to enhance antimicrobial prescribing quality.
Design: Retrospective analysis of the Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) data set.
Int Breastfeed J
January 2025
Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Background: To evaluate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and their determinants among infants and young children in the United Arab Emirates using the 2021 WHO/UNICEF IYCF guidelines.
Methods: The Mother and Infant Study Cohort (MISC), is a prospective study of mothers recruited in their third gestational trimester and followed with their infants up to 18 months of age (n = 167). Data were collected at 3rd trimester, delivery, 2, 6, 12, and 18 months postpartum via questionnaires, review of medical records, anthropometric measurements, and 24-hour dietary recalls of the child's intake at 6, 12, and 18 months.
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