(Reuters Health) - Half of all hear

(Reuters Health) - Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a new study.

Consequences of mistakes - such as forgetting to take certain drugs or taking the wrong dose - can range from side effects like constipation to more serious drops in blood pressure. Two percent of errors were life-threatening.

Hospitals involved in the study were already taking steps to prevent medication mistakes in addition to the extra pharmacist intervention, said Dr. Sunil Kripalani, the study's lead author from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

"We were surprised to see that in spite of these efforts that 50 percent (of patients) were still having these medication errors," he told Reuters Health.

Although the pharmacist visits didn't help the average patient, he added, certain ones seemed to benefit - such as patients who were on multiple drugs or had trouble understanding health information.

As for traditionally lower-risk patients, he said other strategies to prevent errors may be needed.

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(Reuters kesehatan) - setengah dari semua jantung pasien membuat setidaknya satu obat yang berhubungan dengan kesalahan setelah meninggalkan rumah sakit, dan bimbingan dari seorang apoteker tampaknya tidak mengurangi kesalahan tersebut, dalam sebuah studi baru.Konsekuensi dari kesalahan - seperti lupa untuk mengambil obat-obatan tertentu atau mengambil salah dosis - dapat berkisar dari efek samping seperti sembelit lebih serius tetes dalam tekanan darah. Dua persen dari kesalahan yang mengancam jiwa.Rumah sakit yang terlibat dalam penelitian sudah mengambil langkah-langkah untuk mencegah kesalahan obat selain intervensi tambahan apoteker, kata Dr Sunil Kripalani, penulis utama studi tersebut dari Vanderbilt University Medical Center di Nashville, Tennessee."Kami terkejut melihat bahwa meskipun upaya ini bahwa 50 persen (pasien) masih sedang mengalami kesalahan obat ini," katanya kepada Reuters Health.Meskipun apoteker kunjungan tidak membantu pasien rata-rata, ia menambahkan, orang-orang tertentu tampaknya menguntungkan - seperti pasien yang berada di beberapa obat atau memiliki kesulitan memahami informasi kesehatan.Adapun pasien secara tradisional lebih rendah-risiko, katanya strategi lain untuk mencegah kesalahan mungkin diperlukan.