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These Patients and Drugs are Commonly Involved in Drug Interactions

ACEP Now

7 Clinical criteria validated to identify patients at especially high risk for drug interactions, in whom a medication review should be done, include: having a preexisting medical condition; having taken antibiotics in the last week; age older than 80 years; and having a medication change in the past month. Ther Clin Risk Manag.

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COVID-19 and Mental Health

Northwestern EM Blog

Assessing psychiatric safety in suicidal emergency department patients. Assessment of suicide risk in mental health practice: shifting from prediction to therapeutic assessment, formulation, and risk management. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(12):e1917571. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.17571 2019.17571 9. Brenner, J.