Blar i Legemiddelbruk og pasientsikkerhet på dokumenttype "Journal article"
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A multidisciplinary approach to improve drug therapy in nursing homes
(Journal article, 2011)Management of drug therapy in nursing home patients is challenging due to complex health problems, use of multiple medications, and age-related changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The objective of this study ... -
A qualitative study of physicians’ and nurses’ experiences of multidisciplinary collaboration with pharmacists participating at case conferences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objectives: previous studies have revealed a range of drug-related problems for nursing home and hospital patients. Different attempts to reduce drug-related problems have been tested. Medication reviews performed by ... -
Automated dose dispensing service for primary healthcare patients: a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)An automated dose dispensing (ADD) service has been implemented in primary healthcare in some European countries. In this service, regularly used medicines are machine-packed into unit-dose bags for each time of administration. ... -
Avslutning av forebyggende legemiddelbruk hos eldre
(Journal article, 2010)Polyfarmasi er vanlig blant eldre, og konsekvenser kan være bivirkninger, interaksjoner og toksisitet. Samtidig er det godt dokumentert at eldre pasienter underbehandles for tilstander som atrieflimmer og osteoporose. Ved ... -
Behovsmedisinering i sykehjem: forskrivning, bruk og dokumentasjon av effekt
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Bakgrunn: for å sikre sykehjemspasienter effektiv og forsvarlig legemiddelbehandling, kreves hensiktsmessige rutiner for forskrivning, håndtering og effektdokumentasjon både av legemidler gitt fast og ved behov. Vår kunnskap ... -
Co-morbidity and drug treatment in Alzheimer’s disease. A cross sectional study of participants in the Dementia Study in Northern Norway
(Journal article, 2011)Background Inappropriate medical treatment of co-morbidities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an increasing concern in geriatric medicine. The objective of this study was to compare current drug use related to co-morbidity ... -
Doctors are to blame for perceived medical adverse events. A cross sectional population study. The Tromsø study
(Journal article, 2013)Background: Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most ... -
Drug Treatment in Older People before and after the Transition to a Multi-Dose Drug Dispensing System - A Longitudinal Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: an association has been found between multi-dose drug dispensing (MDD) and use of many drugs. The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of this association, by performing a longitudinal analysis of ... -
Drug treatment in the elderly: an intervention in primary care to enhance prescription quality and quality of life
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objective: the aim of the study was to assess the effect on prescription quality and quality of life after intervention with prescription reviews and promotion of patient participation in primary care. Design: a randomized ... -
Early experiences with the multidose drug dispensing system – A matter of trust?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objective: to study early experiences with multidose drug dispensing (MDD) among different groups of health personnel. Design: qualitative study based on focus-group interviews. Setting: primary health care, Trondheim, ... -
Effect of interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate use of drugs in nursing homes: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
(Journal article, 2011)Background: Studies have shown that residents in nursing homes often are exposed to inappropriate medication. Particular concern has been raised about the consumption of psychoactive drugs, which are commonly prescribed ... -
Effects of a pharmacist-led structured medication review in primary care on drug-related problems and hospital admission rates: a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article, 2014)Objective . To determine whether a pharmacist-led medications review in primary care reduces the number of drugs and the number of drug-related problems. Design. Prospective randomized controlled trial. Setting. Liljeholmen ... -
Evaluating categorization and clinical relevance of drug-related problems in medication reviews
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objectives: we aimed to evaluate the categorisation and clinical relevance of DRPs identified by community pharmacists, and further, to assess the quality of interventions with the patients and the physicians as documented ... -
Factors influencing prescribing of fall-risk-increasing drugs to the elderly: a qualitative study
(Journal article, 2015)Objective. Explore the situations in which GPs associate drug use with falls among their elderly patients, and the factors influencing the prescribing and cessation of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). Design. A qualitative ... -
Farmakoterapi i sykehjem
(Journal article, 2009)Bakgrunn. Sykehjemspasientenes polyfarmasi, multimorbiditet og fysiologiske aldersforandringer gir høy risiko for legemiddelrelaterte problemer. Vi beskriver legemiddelforbruket og sammenlikner legemiddelbehandlingen ved ... -
Feil i medikamentkortene – en helserisiko?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003)Bakgrunn: for pasienter som får medisiner administrert via hjemmesykepleien, er det en forutsetning for forsvarlig medisinsk praksis at medikamentkortene i journalene hos fastlege og i hjemmesykepleien stemmer overens. ... -
Gir innføring av multidose riktigere legemiddelbruk?
(Journal article, 2012)Hensikt: Hensikten med studien er å kartlegge hvor dan uttaket av legemidler målt i definerte døgndoser (DDD) påvirkes av innføring av multidose for pasienter tilknyttet hjemmesykepleien. Både det totale uttaket og uttaket ... -
GPs’ prescription routines and cooperation with other healthcare personnel before and after implementation of multidose drug dispensing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: this study addresses GPs’ attitudes towards multidose drug dispensing before and after implementation and their perceived experience of how multidose drug dispensing affects prescription and communication ... -
Helsepersonells oppfatninger om multidosepakkede legemidler
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Bakgrunn: maskinell dosepakking (multidose) av legemidler er i dag et satsingsområde for å gi mindre feilbruk av legemidler. Det er mangelfull kunnskap om hvordan multidosepakninger påvirker rutinene og kvaliteten av ... -
Inappropriate prescribing for older people admitted to an intermediate-care nursing home unit and hospital wards
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objective: to identify inappropriate prescribing among older patients on admission to and discharge from an intermediatecare nursing home unit and hospital wards, and to compare changes during stay within and between these ...