Trust but verify: A case report of unintended medication omission

An accurate medication history prevents medication errors during transitions of care, whereas an inaccurate medication history may lead to unnecessary tests or prolonged hospitalization. We describe the case of a patient with chronic hypothyroidism who presented to the hospital with severe hypothyro...

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Autores principales: Bryant, Andrew D., Pitman, Stuart K., Lessing, Juan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9810832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6800
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spelling pubmed-98108322023-01-05 Trust but verify: A case report of unintended medication omission Bryant, Andrew D. Pitman, Stuart K. Lessing, Juan N. Clin Case Rep Case Report An accurate medication history prevents medication errors during transitions of care, whereas an inaccurate medication history may lead to unnecessary tests or prolonged hospitalization. We describe the case of a patient with chronic hypothyroidism who presented to the hospital with severe hypothyroidism and reported strict adherence to her home levothyroxine. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9810832/ /pubmed/36619493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6800 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9810832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619493
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