Neurology
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To analyze medical errors and adverse events occurring in stroke patients and to provide insights into system or stroke-specific processes that can be modified to reduce the likelihood of error and patient harm. ⋯ Adverse events and errors occur frequently in stroke patients. A disease-specific approach to analyzing spontaneously reported events may help close the feedback loop on patient safety and improve the quality of care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Cannabis in painful HIV-associated sensory neuropathy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
To determine the effect of smoked cannabis on the neuropathic pain of HIV-associated sensory neuropathy and an experimental pain model. ⋯ Smoked cannabis was well tolerated and effectively relieved chronic neuropathic pain from HIV-associated sensory neuropathy. The findings are comparable to oral drugs used for chronic neuropathic pain.