Multiple medication use has been coined 'polypharmacy'. Polypharmacy is highly prevalent in older patients secondary to the increased number of co-morbid disease states with ageing. Existing practice guidelines recommend multiple drug use for certain chronic diseases (i.e., HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension, etc.). A polypharmacologic approach for certain diseases has been shown to improve therap...

objective: apiaceae (umbelliferae) family is one of the biggest plant families on the earth. iran has  a huge diversity of apiaceae members . this family possesses a range of compounds that have many biological activities. the members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants. here, we present a review of ethnobotanical uses of apiaceae plants by the iranian peo...

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INTRODUCTION Medication errors recently became the focus of regulatory guidance in pharmacovigilance to support reporting, evaluation and prevention of medication errors. OBJECTIVE This study aims to characterise spontaneously reported cases of medication errors in EudraVigilance over the period 2002-2015 before the release of EU good practice guidance. METHODS Case reports were identified ...

background and objective: laboratory errors are one of the major factors that affect the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and monitoring in patients.the objective of study is to evaluate the frequency and type of errors in different phases of testing at the pathology department of the shalamar hospital, lahore and to evaluate the causes of errors. methods: this observational study was carried o...

conclusions it can be concluded that electronic health records lead to a reduction in medication errors and increase patient safety. background medication errors are the most common medical errors, and are one of the major challenges threatening the healthcare system, which is inherently susceptible to error. objectives in this study, we aimed to compare the occurrence of errors between two met...