PURPOSE Using a retrospective analysis of treatment plans submitted from multiple institutions accruing patients to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0236 non-small-cell stereotactic body radiotherapy protocol, the present study determined the dose prescription and critical structure constraints for future stereotactic body radiotherapy lung protocols that mandate density-corrected do...

INTRODUCTION Medication errors outside the hospital have been poorly studied despite representing an important threat to patient safety. OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of medication errors in outpatient dispensing pharmacists reported in a pharmaco-surveillance system between 2005 and 2013 in Colombia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a descriptive study by reviewing and catego...

Heritage space telescope mirror technology—i.e. large, monolithic glass primary mirrors—has reached an upper limit on allowable aperture diameter given launch vehicle volume and mass constraints. The next generation of space telescopes will feature lightweight, actively controlled, segmented primary mirrors in order to achieve the advances in angular resolution and sensitivity that larger apert...

introduction: diseases of the dental pulp and periapical tissues are chiefly caused by microorganisms. antibiotics are used in some endodontic cases; however, successful cases can predominantly be achieved by mechanical and chemical cleaning of the canal or surgical intervention. materials & methods: the aim of this study was to determine the knowledge of general dental practitioners (gdps) in ...

Medication error is defined as any type of error in the prescription, transcription, dispensing and administration process which could bring about serious consequences or not. This descriptive and exploratory study assesses four scenarios showing situations from nursing practice. The study group was composed of 256 professionals and 89 questionnaires were analyzed. The answers given by the regi...

Introduction: Prescription errors are common and every step in the process of writing a prescription has potential for error. These can be broadly attributed to lack knowledge or skill. Poor legibility, inaccuracy writing, incomplete prescriptions, omissions, use abbreviations most type errors. Objectives: The primary objective our study was assess completeness legibility prescriptions. This is...

OBJECTIVES Emergency departments (EDs) are recognized as a high-risk setting for prescription errors. Pharmacist involvement may be important in reviewing prescriptions to identify and correct errors. The objectives of this study were to describe the frequency and type of prescription errors detected by pharmacists in EDs, determine the proportion of errors that could be corrected, and identify...

BACKGROUND We investigated the benefits of the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Care in Tallaght Hospital (PACT) service versus standard ward-based clinical pharmacy in adult inpatients receiving acute medical care, particularly on prevalence of medication error and quality of prescribing. METHODS Uncontrolled before-after study, undertaken in consecutive adult medical inpatients admitted and dis...

The European Association of Preventive Cardiology Exercise Prescription in Everyday Practice and Rehabilitative Training (EXPERT) tool has been developed for digital training decision support cardiovascular disease patients clinical practice. prescription recommendation systems sub-healthy people are essential to enhance this dominant group’s physical ability as well. This study aims construct ...