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Does clinical handover promote situation awareness? : Implications for person-centered healthcare
Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Manser, Tanya; Schifano, Fabrizio; Kostrzewski, Andrzej; Pickles, John; Nicholls, Harriet; Fishman, Daniel; Mubarik, Arshad; Dhillon, S. (2012-06)Background: Doctors’ handover has been the subject of investigation since the implementation of the European Working Time Directive in 2004. Little is known regarding handover quality and safety in clinical practice. This ... -
Drops of Madness? : Recreational misuse of Tropicamide collyrium: early warning alerts from Russia and Italy
Bersani, Saverio; Corazza, Ornella; Simonato, Pierluigi; Lovaste, Raffaele; Levari, Linda; Mylokosta, A; Schifano, Fabrizio (2013-09)Tropicamide is an antimuscarinic drug usually prescribed as an ophthalmic solution to induce short-term mydriasis and cycloplegia. Over the last 2 years, tropicamide has been reported in both Russia and Italy to be ... -
Drug abuse-related mortality: a study of teenage addicts over a 20-year period
Oyefeso, A.; Ghodse, A. Hamid; Clancy, C.; Corkery, John; Goldfinch, R. (1999)There is growing concern about increase in illicit drug use and associated fatalities in young people. -
Drug-related deaths in the UK : Annual Report 2012
Ghodse, A. Hamid; Corkery, John; Claridge, Hugh; Goodair, Christine; Schifano, Fabrizio (International Centre for Drug Policy, 2013-02-27)Drug-related deaths reported by Coroners in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man; Police forces in Scotland; & the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency – Annual Report ... -
Drug-related deaths in the UK: Annual Report 2011 [January-December 2010] : Drug-related deaths reported by Coroners in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man; Police forces in Scotland; & the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Hamid Ghodse, A.; Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio; Piolanti, Antonio; Trincas, Giuseppina; Di Melchiorre, Giuditta (International Centre for Drug Policy, 2012-11-07)This twelfth annual report presents information on drug-related deaths that occurred during 2010 and for which Coronial inquests and similar formal investigations have been completed. The main purpose of the Annual Report ... -
Drug-related deaths in the UK: January-December 2012 : Annual report 2013
Corkery, John; Claridge, Hugh; Loi, Barbara; Goodair, Christine; Schifano, Fabrizio (International Centre for Drug Policy, 2014-02-12)Drug-related deaths reported by Coroners in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man; Police forces in Scotland; & the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency -
E-Psychonauts : Conducting research in online drug forum communities
Davey, Zoe; Deluca, Paolo; Schifano, Fabrizio; Corazza, Ornella (2012-08-01)Background "Legal highs" are becoming increasingly common features of the recreational drug market. The Internet has emerged as an important resource for technical and pharmacological knowledge in the absence of evidence-based ... -
The e-psychonauts’ ‘Spiced’ World; assessment of the synthetic cannabinoids’ information available online
Zangani, Caroline; Schifano, Fabrizio; Napoletano, Flavia; Arillotta, Davide; Gilgar, Liam; Guirguis, Amira; Corkery, John Martin; Gambini, Orsola; Vento, Alessandro (2020-03-02)Background: A wide range of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) is regularly searched and discussed online by web-based drug enthusiasts (i.e. the e-psychonauts). Among NPS, the range of synthetic cannabinoids (SC; ‘Spice’) ... -
Ecstasy (MDMA, MDA, MDEA, MBDB) consumption, seizures, related offences, prices, dosage levels and deaths in the UK (1994-2003)
Schifano, Fabrizio; Corkery, John; Oyefeso, A.; Hamid Ghodse, A. (2006) -
Editorial: Second International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs) : Keynote Addresses and Conference Abstracts
Parrott, Andy; Corazza, Ornella; Schifano, Fabrizio; Griffiths, Paul; Sedevof, Roumen; Gallegos, Ana; Murray, Robin; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Curran, Val; Bersani, Giuseppe; Singer, L. (2013) -
Effect of a collaborative approach on the quality of prescribing for geriatric inpatients: a randomized, controlled trial
Spinewine, Anne; Swine, Christian; Dhillon, S.; Lambert, Philippe; Nachega, Jean B; Wilmotte, Léon; Tulkens, Paul M (2007)To evaluate the effect of pharmaceutical care provided in addition to acute Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) care on the appropriateness of prescribing. -
The effect of the controlled entry of electronic prescribing and medicines administration on the quality or prescribing, safety and success of administration on an acute medical ward
Almond, M.K.; Gordon, K.; Kent, J.R.; Nice, S; Dhillon, S. (2002)There is a need to reduce the frequency of adverse drug events arising from prescribing and drug-administration errors. It is perceived that this can be achieved by the implementation of electronic prescribing and medicines ... -
The effects of methadone and its role in fatalities
Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio; Ghodse, A. Hamid; Oyefeso, Adenekan (2004)Methadone is a synthetic opioid, used both as an analgesic in severe pain relief and now mainly in the treatment of opiate dependence. Such use of the drug has increased as its advantages have become widely recognized. ... -
The efficacy of oral theophylline in ventilated premature infants
Elias-Jones, A. C.; Dhillon, S.; Greenough, A. (1985-10)40 ventilated premature infants, with gestational ages of 24-34 weeks and a mean birthweight of 1422 g, were entered into a randomised controlled trial. 20 of the infants received orally 5 mg/ml anhydrous theophylline ... -
Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic
Jani, Yogini Hariprasad; Ghaleb, Maisoon; Marks, Stephen D; Cope, Judith; Barber, Nick; Wong, Ian Chi Kei (2008)To assess the effect of an electronic prescribing (EP) system on the incidence and type of prescribing errors and the number of error-free visits. -
Emergence and identification of new products of designer drug products from the internet
Assi, Sulaf; Fergus, Suzanne; Stair, Jacqueline; Corazza, Ornella; Schifano, Fabrizio (2011)Designer drugs represent a rapidly expanding phenomenon particularly facilitated by their Internet availability. These drugs are continuously emerging as analogues of controlled substances (amfetamine, aminoindane, cathinone, ... -
Enhancing sexual desire and experience : an investigation on the sexual correlates of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) use
Kapitány-Fövény, M.; Mervo, B.; Corazza, Ornella; Kökönyei, K.; Farkas, J.; Urbán, R.; Zacher, G.; Demetrovics, Zsolt (2015-07)Various studies have dealt with gamma-hydroxybutyrate's (GHB) potential role in sexual assaults, while the sexual correlates of intentional recreational GHB use have not well been highlighted. Our study aims to explore ... -
Eram, ergo sum? : A 1-year retrospective study of General Pharmaceutical Council fitness to practise hearings
Gallagher, C. T.; Greenland, Victoria A. M.; Hickman, Adrienne C. (2015-06)The principal aims of this research were: to assess whether aggravating and mitigating circumstances considered by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) when imposing sanctions are considered when determining impairment ... -
Estimating prevalence of problematic drug use: comments on Frischer et al
Corkery, John (2002) -
EU-MADNESS: integrated EU NPS monitoring and profiling to prevent health harms and update Professionals
Corkery, John (2014-10-17)