The Application and Efficacy of Medication Safety Officer-Based Multidisciplinary Management in Reducing Adverse Drug Reaction and Improving Intravenous Management by Zhang X, Yan M, Qu X, Li Y, Liu L, Liu C

“…Furthermore, both average cost of drugs and per capita cost of using IV drugs significantly decreased (P < 0.001).Conclusion: The implementation of MSO-based multidisciplinary management can effectively improve the irrational use of IV fluids, reduce ADR and medical expenses in pediatric outpatient and emergency departments, to ensure children’s medication safety.Keywords: MSO-based multidisciplinary management, outpatient and emergency, children, intravenous infusion, medication safety…”
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Evaluation of the efficacy and tolerability of naftidrofuryl in the therapy of chronic cerebral ischemia by M. N. Dadasheva, I. A. Zolotovskaya, R. V. Gorenkov, K. N. Dadasheva, D. I. Lebedeva

“…When performing the Mini-Cog test, the proportion of patients who were able to remember and recall three words without errors increased from 43 to 86%, and when doing the clock drawing test, the proportion increased by 65%. …”
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A Policy Framework for Promoting Financial Literacy in Iran by Ahmad Jahangir Feizabadi

“…Improving individuals' financial awareness, knowledge, and skills reduces financial errors, strengthens sound financial decision-making, boosts confidence, and aids in achieving financial security and well-being. …”
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Prognosis of multiple myeloma patients based on histopathological evaluation of bone marrow by Niloofar Arefi Sigaroudi, Mohsen Vakili Sadeghi, Housein Ghorbani, Davood Jahansouz, Hoda Shirafkan, Mohammad Ranaee

“…Similarly, diffuse infiltration pattern (HR 4.67) and blastic morphology (HR 4.17) associated with a significant worse prognosis (p=0.03). Conclusion: Comparing to laboratory-based ISS, wider HR of death spectrum in this study proposes a potential more precise, robust and easy-to-use prognostication tool.…”
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National survey on availability, use and clinical impact of point-of-care blood analysis systems in Swedish emergency departments by Matthias Jörg, Tim Lundgren, Jens Wretborn, Daniel B. Wilhelms

“…Conclusion All Swedish EDs utilized basic POCT to accelerate patient flow. …”
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Structure of Oncological Pathology and Survival of Patients with Malignant Tumors of the Eye and Adnexa (C69) Taking into Account Sex, Age and Histological Characteristics (Populat... by V. M. Merabishvili, E. N. Merabishvili

“…A significant overestimation of the proportion of early stages among primary patients with malignant tumors of the eye and adnexa (C69) was found, which may be due to medical errors. Calculations of patient survival (with careful tracking of the deceased) allow us to get a more objective picture.Conclusion. …”
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Microsatellite instability in stage II and III colorectal cancer: Patterns and profile by A P Dubey, S Vishwanath, P Nikhil, Anvesh Rathore, Abhishek Pathak, Rakesh Kumar

“…Most common pattern of MSI-H tumors was loss of expression of MLH1 and PMS2, seen in 15 of 16 (88%) of Stage II and three of 6 (50%) of Stage III CRC (P = 0.04). Conclusion: We conclude higher prevalence of MSI-H tumors in Stage II, as compared to Stage III CRC, which was demonstrated slightly higher in our study compared to published literature. …”
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Determining anatomical position of the umbilicus in Iranian girls, and providing quantitative indices and formula to determine neo-umbilicus during abdominoplasty by Rafi Parnia, Ladan Ghorbani, Nariman Sepehrvand, Sanaz Hatami, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi

“…This may reduce practice errors and increase patient satisfaction. In addition, these findings provide plausible evidence to defend against possible legal complaints.…”
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Evaluating the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Medical Laboratory Professionals Towards Implementing Enterprise Risk Management in Harare, Zimbabwe: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Donald Vhanda, Judy Mwenje, Reynold Vhanda, Kudzai Chinowaita, Itai James Blessing Chitungo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

“…The mean score for the soft aspects of ERM was 3.3 and the risk culture rating was 2.81 out of a scale of 5. Conclusion The risk culture did not support ERM implementation. …”
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Robust Methods for Assessing the Characteristics of Locomotor Activity Based on Markerless Video Capture Data by M. I. Bogachev, K. R. Grigarevichius, N. S. Pyko, S. A. Pyko, M. Tsygankova, E. A. Plotnikova, T. V. Ageeva, Ya. O. Mukhamedshina

“…The considered phase metrics were shown to explicitly reflect changes in locomotor activity, while the assessment of time delays using phase metric was shown to be prone to periodic error. The above limitation could be largely overcome using the correlation metrics, assuming that phase and correlation metrics could be combined.Conclusion. …”
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Factors affecting guardians' decision making on clinic-based purchase of children's spectacles in Nigeria. by Ving Fai Chan, Ai Chee Yong, Ciaran O'Neill, Christine Graham, Nathan Congdon, Lynne Lohfeld, Tai Stephan, Anne Effiom Ebri

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted among all consecutive guardians visiting the Calabar (urban), Ugep, Ikom and Ogoja (semi-urban) public eye clinics in Cross River State, southern Nigeria, from August 1 to October 31 2019, and whose children had significant refractive errors (myopia ≤-0.50D, hyperopia ≥1.50D, astigmatism >0.75D) and received spectacles. …”
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Patients' and providers' perspectives of a dose administration aid strategy to improve cardiovascular disease prevention in Australian primary healthcare by Kanika Chaudhri, Hueiming Liu, Anthony Rodgers, Richard Day, Emily R. Atkins, Sonali R. Gnanenthiran

“…Use of dose administration aids (DAAs) could increase adherence to medicines and reduce the frequency of medication errors. We conducted a trial to evaluate adherence to DAAs in real-world conditions. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Frontal Assessment Battery in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury by Ramin Banimahdi, Seyed Majid Akhavan Hejazi, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Nazila Akbarfahimi, Mohsen Vahedi

“…This included the number of categories achieved in the WCST (r=0.745, P<0.001) and perseverative errors (r=0.307, P<0.05) in addition to all items of the Stroop test (P<0.001), with exception of the interference score (P>0.05). …”
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Fluoroquinolones and glucocorticoids as risk factors for cranial cruciate ligament disease in Retrievers by Jessica Bunch, Kate KuKanich, Jimena Kilian, Alexa Korsberg, Butch KuKanich, Steven Martinez

“…The results were reported as coefficients, standard errors, p-values, and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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A Novel Corneal Remodeling Technique of Laser Asymmetric Keratectomy in Keratoconus Suspect: A Retrospective Case Control Study by Min JS, Min BM

“…L-LAK could be performed both the original ablation of refractive errors (SE from − 1.25 to − 5.50 D) and the customized ablation (selective ablation of the thicker peripheral cornea averaging:64 μm selectively and the central cornea of the myopic shift due to LAK averaging-1.50D. …”
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Optic nerve head changes in acute central serous chorioretinopathy: Implications for glaucoma risk by Esma Ecem Ersoy, Ebubekir Durmuş

“…Participants with refractive errors of ±6D spherical or less and ±3D cylindrical or less were included, while with optic nerve/choroidal conditions, corticosteroid use, systemic diseases like sleep apnea, and media opacities were excluded. …”
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Validity and reliability of a novel 3D scanner for assessment of the shape and volume of amputees' residual limb models. by Elena Seminati, David Canepa Talamas, Matthew Young, Martin Twiste, Vimal Dhokia, James L J Bilzon

“…Shape percentage maximal error was 2% at the distal end of the residual limb, with intra-rater reliability coefficients presenting the lowest errors (0.2%), both for cross sectional areas and perimeters of the residual limb models.…”
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<i>Persicaria lapathifólia</i>: Identification, Chemical Composition, Pharmacological Action, Prospects for Use in Medical Practice (Review) by A. A. Gudkova, A. S. Chistyakova, A. A. Kostyleva, A. S. Bolgov, A. I. Slivkin

“…Despite the morphological similarity of the mountaineer sorrel with other species of the genus Persicaria, there is a sufficient amount of information in the literature regarding the identification of the object obtained as a result of a comprehensive morphological and anatomical assessment by microscopic methods (stereomicroscopy, luminescent microscopy, classical anatomy, petiolar anatomy), which allows a high the degree of reliability to eliminate errors in the procurement of raw materials and their further use. …”
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Articulatory competence in young adults with repaired cleft lip and palate by Rachana R. Uchil, Deepthi K. J., Vasantha Lakshmi

“…A significant association was also found between ACM components and SU (χ 2 = 42.85, p < 0.001). Conclusion ACM metrics effectively quantify articulatory skills in individuals with CLP. …”
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Approaches to automation of the preanalytical phase of large-scale research in the biobank of the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Minist... by M. S. Pokrovskaya, A. L. Borisova, V. A. Kondratskaya, I. A. Efimova, A. I. Ershova, O. M. Drapkina

“…An experiment conducted on biomaterial from 64 participants showed, that with an expected flow of 32 participants per day, it took more than 2 hours for manual aliquoting, and for automatic aliquoting (4 launches of the aliquot robot for 24 vacutainers from 8 participants) — less than 1,5 hours with the complete exclusion of human errors.Conclusion. Automated aliquoting has a following number of advantages in comparison with manual: it allows to guarantee standardization and efficiency of sample preparation, reduce the time and increase the accuracy of aliquoting of biomaterial, save space in long-term storage freezers due to the use of smaller cryotubes. …”
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