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Studies in the U.S. estimate that adverse drug events account for up to 28% of emergency department visits and 25% of ambulatory care encounters and that up to 70% of these visits are preventable.
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FDA recently announced these approvals:
Schwartz Bioscience's Neupro (rotigotine transdermal system), a skin patch designed to treat symptoms of early Parkinson's disease.
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Pediatric patients can be particularly vulnerable to medication errors, but tragedies like that described on a recent national news program can be averted if the factors that lead to such errors are understood and addressed by pharmacists and their clinical partners.
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Antibiotics are one of the most abundantly prescribed medications in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. From treating a simple infection to a life-threatening one, antibiotics decrease morbidity and mortality in every patient population.
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Some 50% of hospitals responding to a survey have some pharmacists engaged in collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM).
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The incidence of Acute Hepatitis A, which has previously cycled at 10 to 15 year intervals, has steadily decreased since its last peak in 1995, reaching a nadir in 2005 when 4488 cases were reported.
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Herpes zoster results from reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) residing in the sensory ganglia of the cranial and spinal dorsal root ganglia.
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Aspirin, Higher Doses No More Effective, Risky; Subclinical Hypothyroidism Treatment Benefits; FDA approvals
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Mistakes involving patient classification and preauthorization of procedures are among a lengthy list of common errors made in the same-day surgery arena.
