Articles Tagged With: adverse
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Structure, Time Limit Optimize Results from Safety Huddles
Indiana University Health in Indianapolis is using a carefully structured adverse event huddle across its entire health system to encourage hospitals to share information about patient safety.
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The Key Question About COVID-19 Vaccines: Are They Safe?
The sheer size of the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials will enhance prelicensure safety and efficacy evaluation. Many post-market evaluations are in development to bolster existing surveillance for adverse events.
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Four Risks That Could Lead to Unexpected Readmissions for Elderly Patients
Researchers uncover pre- and post-surgery trouble areas that could result in older patients returning to the hospital one month after a procedure.
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Longer Antibiotic Courses for Pneumonia Do Not Improve Outcomes, Do Cause More Adverse Effects
Excess antibiotic therapy did not improve mortality or morbidity outcomes, although each additional antibiotic day was associated with 3% increased odds of antibiotic-associated adverse drug events.
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Revisiting the 5 Domains of High Reliability
For the past several years, there has been a keen focus in healthcare on high reliability. But how does the concept translate into actions that clinicians and administrators can use to make progress?
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Longer Antibiotic Courses for Pneumonia Do Not Improve Outcomes, But Cause More Adverse Effects
Two-thirds of general medicine patients with pneumonia received excess antibiotic therapy, with 93.2% of the unnecessary duration occurring after hospital discharge. Excess antibiotic therapy did not improve mortality or morbidity outcomes, although each additional antibiotic day was associated with 3% increased odds of antibiotic-associated adverse drug events.
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Analysis Reveals Med/Mal Risks for Antibiotics Administered in ED
Evidence on actual legal risks of failing to give antibiotics is lacking. Part of the problem is that both clinicians and patients frequently believe that taking an antibiotic is the safest practice in cases where it is unclear if antibiotics are needed.
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Managing Complications of New-Age Cancer Therapy
Cancer patients undergoing treatment are immunocompromised and at high risk for developing early complications leading to critical illness. Compared to complications encountered with conventional chemotherapy, new-generation immunotherapies pose unique diagnostic challenges because their presentation can be vague and nonspecific or can mimic autoimmune diseases.
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Adverse Reactions to Cannabis and Cannabinoids
Understanding the potential reactions that can occur from cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids can help emergency physicians recognize these effects in patients who may present to the emergency department.
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Plant-pharmaceutical Interactions in the Scientific Literature
Case reports and observational studies revealed that certain medical conditions and a select few botanical medicines have adverse plant-pharmaceutical interactions.