background: the health of elderly population in the world has been an important issue in recent century and the use of appropriate or inappropriate medications is challenging among them. the purpose of this study was to assess the pattern of medication in elderly population in amirkola, northern of iran. methods: this study was conducted on 1534 elderly subjects who participated in amirkola hea...

BACKGROUND An accurate medication list at hospital admission is essential for the evaluation and further treatment of patients. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency, type and predictors of errors in medication history, and to evaluate the extent to which standard care corrects these errors. METHODS A descriptive study was carried out in two medical wards in a Swedish hosp...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Lead poisoning, also Saturnism, results from chronic lead poisoning, common after occupational exposure. Projectiles retained in the body may result in increased levels of plasma lead with numerous clinical implications, particularly neurological. We report a case of a symptomatic patient, undiagnosed, whose diagnosis was made during the preanesthesia evaluation. CAS...

background : significant efforts have been directed to understand medication errors in recent years. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the factors contributing to medication errors and related areas for improvement, as perceived by nurses. methods : two hundred registered nurses were asked to complete a questionnaire which asked them to identify types, stages and issues perceived...

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background: coronary artery diseases are one of the most important issues in health and social problems. one of the amendable risk factors in development of these diseases is high cholesterol which can be modified through correction of lifestyle (diet change, playing sports, and usage of lipid‑lowering drugs). patients’ compliance to therapeutic programs is the most important element to achieve...

background: self medication is one of the commonest actions in the world. the purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of students in universities of isfahan toward self medication. materials and methods: in this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study, 600 students of universities in isfahan were selected. since there are 3 public universities in isfah...

background: the most common types of medical error are medication errors (mes) which defined as any preventable event that may be caused by an inappropriate medication usage and lead to an adverse drug reaction (adr) event in patients. in recent years, different approaches have been proposed to reduce mes, one of which is reporting adrs. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, a...

this study was performed to assess the incidence of medication errors and irrational use of human albumin in two wards of our hospital and also aimed to evaluate the ability of pharmaceutical care center and pharmacists in improving patient care. albumin administration was evaluated for patients who received albumin during the study period, in gastroenterology and general surgery wards. the ind...

introduction: caring is the essence of nursing and medication process is an important part of nursing related interventions in the health care systems. medical and/or nursing errors can lead to severe problems for both patients and nursing system. the purpose of this study was to investigate the ethical practice in medication process among nurses working in selected hospitals related to tehran ...