CANBERRA ingrosso nike air max 96 , Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Palliative care patients inAustralia regularly receive smaller doses of opioids than they havebeen prescribed, a study has found.
The report, released by the University of South Australia(UniSA) and a host of other institutions on Monday, found that 57percent of patients in three New South Wales (NSW) palliative carefacilities were either administered an incorrect dosage or missed adosage altogether.
The rate of errors involving opioids in those facilities wasthree times higher than in other healthcare settings, such ashospitals ingrosso nike air max 2018 , researchers found.
Researchers spent two years examining dosing practise in thefacilities, finding that the majority of patients who received anincorrect dose or missed a dose were cancer patients aged in their70s.
Debra Rowett, a member of UniSA's School of Pharmacy and MedicalSciences, said that the study highlighted the importance ofunderstanding why the errors occurred.
She said that the practice of underdosing was particularlyalarming as it could contribute to a patient's pain.
"Palliative care clinicians have identified that safe use ofopioids is a patient safety priority and this study is an importantfirst step in quantifying and identifying opioid errors," Rowettsaid on Monday.
"The high rate of errors in palliative care environmentscompared to other healthcare services most likely reflects thehigher volume of opioids such as morphine being used for patientsto manage their pain in the last stages of their lives."
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SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Imported car sales in South Korea slowed last month as supply shortage was caused by less business days during the summer vacation season, industry data showed Friday.
Foreign luxury vehicles, newly registered in July, totaled 17 ingrosso nike air max tailwind ,628, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).
It was up 12.1 percent from the same month of last year, but the figure tumbled 25.8 percent compared with the previous month.
The KAIDA said imported car supply fell short of demand as the summer vacation season reduced working days.
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz sold 5,472 vehicles last month in the South Korean market, keeping its top spot. It was followed by BMW with 3 ingrosso nike air max sequent ,188 units sold here and Lexus with 1,091 units sold.
Japanese automaker Toyota came next after selling 1,407 vehicles here, and the U.S. carmaker Ford ranked fifth by selling 1,033 units last month.
The sale of gasoline-powered vehicles ingrosso nike air max modern , imported from overseas, surpassed the sale of diesel cars in the local market as negative effect continued from an emissions-fabricating scandal over diesel cars made by the German companies.
The number of imported gasoline cars, sold here, stood at 7,888 in July ingrosso nike air max mercurial , higher than 7,744 diesel-powered cars sold last month.
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The accident occurred at around 8:16 a.m. when a cement truck failed to stop as it approached an intersection on the boulevard.
A total of nine fire engines and 12 ambulances were dispatched to the scene.
Three men and one woman died. Five houses, 13 cars and nine motorcycles were damaged due to the accident ingrosso nike air max lunar 1 , local authorities said.
The truck's driver said his vehicle's brakes failed. Further investigation is underway.
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