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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Prescribing is the most-used intervention in primary care, and most prescriptions are issued in primary care. 2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death). Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0) Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0)

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Kate: It was done in 10 hospitals, 17 ICUs in Atrium Health down in North Carolina. That’s a pretty big palliative care study. Asking clinicians to document prognosis did not change the primary outcome of hospital length of stay or really any of the secondary outcomes, which I’ll get into. Eric: Okay.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

We are fortunate to have Tammie Quest, emergency and palliative trained and long a leader in this space, to help us unpack and contextualize these findings. Today we discuss: Why the study was negative for the primary (hospitalization) and all secondary outcome (e.g. Tammie 03:04 Depends on how long they were pre-hospital.