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Adjunctive Ketamine With Relapse Prevention-Based Psychological Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 2022-01-11)OBJECTIVE: Early evidence suggests that ketamine may be an effective treatment to sustain abstinence from alcohol. The authors investigated the safety and efficacy of ketamine compared with placebo in increasing abstinence ... -
Understanding surgical antimicrobial prescribing behaviour in the hospital setting: a systematic review and meta-ethnography protocol
(BioMed Central, 2020-10-10)Background: Surgical specialities use extensive amounts of antimicrobials, and misuse has been widely reported, making them a key target for antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. Interventions informed by, and tailored ... -
Trainee doctors' experiences of common problems in the antibiotic prescribing process: an activity theory analysis of narrative data from UK hospitals
(BMJ, 2019-06)Prescribing antibiotics is an error-prone activity and one of the more challenging responsibilities for doctors in training. The nature and extent of challenges experienced by them at different stages of the antibiotic ... -
Pharmacist-led, video-stimulated feedback to reduce prescribing errors in doctors-in-training: a mixed methods evaluation
(British Pharmacological Society, 2019-10)AIM: To develop and evaluate a feasible, authentic pharmacist-led prescribing feedback intervention for doctors-in-training, to reduce prescribing errors. METHODS: This was a mixed methods study. Sixteen postgraduate ... -
A concurrent pictorial drug choice task marks multiple risk factors in treatment-engaged smokers and drinkers.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018-08-30)Concurrent choice tasks, where participants choose between a drug versus natural reward, predict dependence vulnerability in animals and humans. However, the sensitivity of concurrent choice tasks to multiple risk factors ... -
Can agent-based simulation be used as a tool to support polypharmacy prescribing practice?
(BMJ, 2017-07)We sought to develop a simulation modelling method to help better understand the complex interplay of factors that lead to people with type 2 diabetes and asthma not taking all of their medication as prescribed when faced ... -
The determinants of antimicrobial prescribing among hospital doctors in England: a framework to inform tailored stewardship interventions.
(Wiley, 2016-04-01)Little is known about the determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviour (APB), how they vary between hospital prescribers, or the mechanism by which interventions are effective. Yet, interventions based on a sound ... -
Management of common infections in pregnancy
(Sage, 2016-03-09)Pregnant women are peculiarly vulnerable to infections – the mechanism for this is multi-factorial and includes immune tolerance to the fetus (and placenta) itself, and maternal physiological changes, such as urinary stasis ...
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