Background: Hospital discharges due to psychotropics poisoning whether intentional, unintentional, prescription errors or related side effects have been increasing nationally. Hospital costs are also increasing subsequently. We compared the annual rate of hospital discharges in 4 regions of United States (West, Midwest, South, and Northeast) while incorporating the number of the mental health providers in […]

Background: There is a dearth of clinical practice guidelines for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized pediatric patients. Despite a lower incidence of VTE in the pediatric population as compared with adults, thrombosis does occur in certain at‐risk patients. These events are inadmissible as may be preventable, and VTE is associated with increased […]