background: trauma is a major healthcare challenge worldwide. in developing countries, most road deaths happen during the pre-hospital phase; consequently, pre-hospital trauma care has received considerable attention during the past decades. objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the quality of pre-hospital oxygen therapy in patients with multiple trauma. patients and methods: thi...

1Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan 2Division of Medical Education, Comprehensive Medical Education Center, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan 3Niigata Psychiatric Center, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan 4Ohjima Hospital, Sanjo, Niigata, Japan 5Health Administration Center, Headquarters fo...

This study assessed the final nursing orientation for hospital release in what refers to the medicamental therapeutics in a clinic of hospital internment. The sample was comprised of 38 patients that had hospital release in December of 2001, February of 2002 and of the nurses who oriented them. The technique used for collecting data was non-participant observation. The results obtained were: in...

The aim of the study was to identify the types and frequency of errors during the administration of intravenous medication. A Cross-sectional, observational study was carried out in three units of a hospital. Observations were conducted on 367 doses of intravenous medication, prepared by 35 nurse technicians. Data collection took place between January and August of 2008. Errors were grouped in ...

Background Optimizing glycemic control is important to minimize the risk of macro and microvascular complications in diabetes. Therefore, it is important that patients under insulin treatment know the correct technique for insulin self-administration to ensure proper management. Objective Assess whether patients with longstanding diabetes followed in a tertiary hospital know how to correct self...

CONTEXT Drug administration in the hospital setting is the last barrier before a possible error reaches the patient. OBJECTIVES We aimed to analyze the prevalence and nature of administration error rate detected by the observation method. DATA SOURCES Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library from 1966 to December 2011 and reference lists of included studies. STUDY SELECTION Observational studies...

S 317 In chronic granulocytic leukemia, storage Arthropathy in Sickle Cell Disease. H. R Schumacher, R. Andrews, and G. McLaughlin. Veterans Administration Hospital, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia General Hospital, and Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Ann Intern Med

background: there is controversy over the potential benefits/harms of the usage of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (aceis) or angiotensin receptor blockers (arbs) as regards the postoperative mortality of coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). this study investigates the correlation between the in-hospital mortality of cabg and the preoperative administration of acei/arb. methods: out...

Note to Readers: Contributions to this column are prepared by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada). The article presented here uses, with permission, information originally published in ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin 2009;9(7). Future bulletins from ISMP Canada that have particular relevance to hospital pharmacists will be published in the CSHP eBulletin, a semimonthly ...