Avoiding prescribing errors: a systematic approach
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Dentists can minimize the number of prescribing errors by considering eight possible sources of error and how to avoid or rectify them when prescribing for each patient. The eight errors are as follows: the patient has a medical condition requiring medication but does not get it, the patient is prescribed an incorrect drug, the patient is prescribed too little of the correct drug, the patient is given an excess of the correct drug, the patient is prescribed the correct drug but does not receive it, the patient experiences an adverse reaction to the drug, the patient experiences an adverse reaction due to an interaction between drugs or between the drug and food or the drug causes a misleading test result, the patient is taking a drug they do not need. Good communications with patients and up-to-date knowledge about medications can help dentists prevent or detect these prescription errors.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1996
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Improved clinical decision-making using the evidence-based approach
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An evidence-based review of the dental literature has validated the utility of many therapies commonly used in periodontics. Evidence-based medicine applies scientific principles of research, rather than clinical anecdote, to the evaluation of medications, therapies, and procedures. Evidence-based medicine values blinded, randomized clinical trials to minimize placebo effects and control sources of research bias. Application of evidence-based principles helps determine if the observed effect was produced by the treatment in question, coincided with it, or was produced by another cause.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1998
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Calcified carotid artery atheroma and stroke: a systematic review
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The usage of panoramic radiography to assess the risk of calcified carotid artery atheroma during the treatment of cardiovascular diseases is described.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2007
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