Analgesic medication errors in north carolina nursing homes

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-131

  Desai, Rishi J ^a   Williams, Charrlotte E ^b   Greene, Sandra B ^c   Pierson, Stephanie ^b   Caprio, Anthony J ^d   Hansen, Richard A ^e  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Drug safety; Health care quality; Medication error; Nursing homes; Opioid

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUNISAL; ETODOLAC; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; MELOXICAM; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NABUMETONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; TAPENTADOL; TRAMADOL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84879355773     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2013.765531     Document Type: Article

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