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- Title
Going Home on the Right Medications: Prescription Errors and Transitions of Care.
- Authors
Kahn, Jeremy M.; Angus, Derek C.
- Abstract
The authors comment on the study "Association of ICU or Hospital Admission With Unintentional Discontinuation of Medications for Chronic Diseases," by C. M. Bell and colleagues. According to the authors, the study demonstrated the potential adverse effects of changes in treatment, unintentional or not, on patients' health. They assert that the primary limitation of studies like the aforementioned is that discontinuation may have been intentional or the decision of the patient.
- Subjects
CHRONIC diseases; INTENSIVE care units; DRUG withdrawal symptoms; MEDICATION errors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011, Vol 306, Issue 8, p878
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.1209