Medication reconciliation at patient admission: a randomized controlled trial
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Medication reconciliation at patient admission: a randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE To measure length of hospital stay (LHS) in patients receiving medication reconciliation. Secondary characteristics included analysis of number of preadmission medications, medications prescribed at admission, number of discrepancies, and pharmacists interventions done and accepted by the attending physician. METHODS A 6 month, randomized, controlled trial conducted at a public teac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Practice
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1885-642X,1886-3655
DOI: 10.18549/pharmpract.2016.01.656