Pharmacists’ Roles in Critical Care: Environmental Scan of Current Practices in Canadian Intensive Care Units
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Reports indicated that pharmacists’ most common contributions during rounds were reviewing current medications, reviewing antimicrobial therapy, adjusting medication dosing for organ dysfunction, providing therapeutic drug monitoring, and ensuring appropriate prophylaxis, which aligned with the “fundamental” and “optimal” activities for clinical pharmacists outlined by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.Abstract:
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Impact on Patient Outcomes of Pharmacist Participation in Multidisciplinary Critical Care Teams: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of including critical care pharmacists in multidisciplinary ICU teams on clinical outcomes including mortality, ICU length of stay, and adverse drug events were assessed.
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Pharmacists in Critical Care.
TL;DR: The Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines for Critical Care Services and Personnel deem that pharmacists are essential for the delivery of quality care to critically ill patients, and recommend that a pharmacist monitor drug regimen for dosing, adverse reactions, drug-drug interactions, and cost optimization for all hospitals providing critical care services.
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Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit gefördert durch die interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit von Arzt und Apotheker auf Intensivstationen in Deutschland
H. Hilgarth,Christian Waydhas,Frank Dörje,Julia Alexia Sommer,Stefan Kluge,Karl Peter Ittner +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , a survey about the art and umfang der pharmazeutischen Betreuung in der Intensivmedizin in Deutschland zu erheben is presented.
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[Drug therapy safety supported by interprofessional collaboration between ICU physicians and clinical pharmacists in critical care units in Germany : Results of a survey].
TL;DR: In this article , a survey about the art and umfang der pharmazeutischen Betreuung in der Intensivmedizin in Deutschland zu erheben is presented.
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An analysis of pharmaceutical care for critical patients of an adult Intensive Care Unit
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TL;DR: The goal of the Task Force on Critical Care Pharmacy Services was to identify and describe the scope of practice that characterizes the critical care pharmacist and critical care pharmacy services.
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Documentation of pharmacists’ interventions in an emergency department and associated cost avoidance
Pamela Lada,George Delgado +1 more
TL;DR: The most commonly documented interventions made by pharmacists involved in the care of patients visiting the ED included provision of drug information, dosage adjustment recommendations, responses to questions from nursing staff, formulary interchanges, and suggestions regarding initiation of drug therapy.
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Pharmacist Contributions as Members of the Multidisciplinary ICU Team
TL;DR: The addition of a pharmacist to an interprofessional critical care team should be encouraged as health-care systems focus on improving the quality and efficiency of care delivered to improve patient outcomes.
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Position Paper on Critical Care Pharmacy Services
Maria I. Rudis,Henry Cohen,Bradley E. Cooper,Luis S. Gonzalez,Erkan Hassan,Christian Klem,Vanessa L. Kluth‐Land,Katherine M. Kramer,Ala M. Swerlein,Julie Ann Whipple +9 more
TL;DR: The goals were to define the level of clinical practice and specialized skills characterizing the critical care pharmacist as clinician, educator, researcher, and manager, and to recommend fundamental, desirable, and optimal pharmacy services and personnel requirements for the provision of pharmaceutical care to critically ill patients.
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ASHP guidelines: Minimum standard for pharmacies in hospitals
Thomas S. Brenner,Harold N. Godwin,William A. Gouveia,Brian D. Hodgkins,Stanley S. Kent,Patricia C. Kienle,Harold J. Kornfuhrer,Emory S. Martin,J. Russell May,Gerald E. Meyer,Thomas E. O’Brien,Sherri L. Ramsey,Frank G. Saya,Donna L. Soflin,David K. Solomon,Kasey K. Thompson,Billy W. Woodward,Tuesday Adams,John A. Armitstead,Phil Ayers,Ronald Barnes,Paul J. Barrett,Carol J. Bickford,P. Justin Boyd,Tim Brown,Margaret Chrymko,Toby Clark,Wayne F. Conrad,Gayle A. Cotchen,Debra Lynn Painter Cowan,Arash Dabestani,Denise F. Daly,Tina H. Denetclaw,Deanna Dossey,William L. Fritz,Daphne Hsu Galang,Michael A. Gillette,Kathleen M. Gura,Reginald L. Hain,Thomas G. Hall,George Hatfield,Jesse Hogue,Andrew S. Jarrell,Jack G. Kitrenos,Jamie Kuo,Jim Lile,Charles E. Mahan,Linda Gore Martin,Justine Medina,Dayna Mitchell,Holly Monatt,Selma Morrison,Robert J. Moura,Jonathan M. Mundy,Bruce A. Nelson,Beth Norman,Robert S. Oakley,Fred J. Pane,Shreya Parekh,Jennifer Phillips,James A. Ponto,Curt W. Quap,Todd Rowland,Renee B. Sager,Joseph Sceppa,Nicole Shumiloff,Nancy R. Smestad,Carolyn M. Smith,William E. Smith,Richard L. Stambaugh,Therese Staublin,Marc Stranz,Timothy P. Stratton,Pamela Swarny,Jane Tennis,Sherry Umhoefer,Allen J. Vaida,Jody Jacobson Wedret,Roger Woolf,Kevin Zak,for Safe Medication Practices +80 more
TL;DR: The following minimum standard guidelines are intended to serve as a basic guide for the provision of pharmacy services in hospitals and outline a minimum level of services that most hospital pharmacy departments should consistently provide.