Substantial reduction of inappropriate tablet splitting with computerised decision support: a prospective intervention study assessing potential benefit and harm

BACKGROUND: Currently ambulatory patients break one in four tablets before ingestion. Roughly 10% of them are not suitable for splitting because they lack score lines or because enteric or modified release coating is destroyed impairing safety and effectiveness of the medication. We assessed impact...

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Autores principales: Quinzler, Renate, Schmitt, Simon PW, Pritsch, Maria, Kaltschmidt, Jens, Haefeli, Walter E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-9-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-9-30

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