Sökning: "Medication management"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 90 avhandlingar innehållade orden Medication management.
16. Integrated community-based management of severe acute child malnutrition : Studies from rural Southern Ethiopia
Sammanfattning : Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the community-based Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) as a standard treatment protocol for the management of uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the community level. OTP has been scaled up and integrated into the existing grassroots level government health systems in several developing countries. LÄS MER
17. Information transfer and medication safety for elderly patients in care transitions
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Accurate discharge summaries counteract drug-related problems due to insufficient information transfer in care transitions, but require optimal transfer and use. Careful follow-up is often essential after hospital discharge, for example when it comes to pain management in elderly patients; a common and challenging task in primary care. LÄS MER
18. Enhancing Health Among Drug Users in Prison
Sammanfattning : Four interrelated studies on drug users in prison are presented within the framework of a proposed model for approaching the enhancement of health for persons that builds on an existential view of prisoners’ needs, as well as the risk management and “good lives” perspectives. Risk management is the major focus in current offender rehabilitation based on research on “what works,” which has shown that focusing treatment on risk factors termed “criminogenic needs,” such as impulsivity, poor family relations and drug abuse, reduces recidivism by 10-15 percentage points. LÄS MER
19. Medication communication with older adults experiencing chronic illness and polypharmacy
Sammanfattning : Background: Populations in many high-income countries are ageing, with an ever-increasing proportion of the population aged 65 years or older. Despite increasingly better health in older people, susceptibility to chronic illness increase with age. LÄS MER
20. Optimizing drug therapy among people with dementia : the role of clinical pharmacists
Sammanfattning : Background: Drugs are one of the cornerstones in the management of many diseases. In general, drugs are used for diagnosis, prevention, mitigation of symptoms, and, sometimes, to cure disease. However, drug treatment in elderly people, especially those with dementia and cognitive impairments, may involve significant risk of adverse drug events. LÄS MER
