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- 1From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedFDA and Pfizer Inc. announced in August the approval of Selzentry, or maraviroc, the first agent in a new class of oral HIV medications: chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) coreceptor antagonists. By selectively blocking the...
- 2From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedA number of years ago, ASHP distributed a videotape titled "The Invisible Ingredient." Its goal was to help audiences outside the profession understand that pharmacists are key players on the health care team. This was...
- 3From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedTrospium chloride extended-release capsule (Sanctura XR, Indevus Pharmaceuticals): A once-daily formulation was added to the product line....
- 4From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in pregnancy is reviewed. Summary. PAH is a disease characterized by narrowing of the pulmonary arteries and increased vascular resistance. Women with PAH...
- 5From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedThe Joint Commission defines medication reconciliation as "the process of comparing the medications that the patient/ client/resident has been taking prior to the time of admission or entry to a new setting with the...
- 6From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedFDA advisers recommended in July that natalizumab, a multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy with a troubled safety record, be granted a new indication for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease....
- 7From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedSeveral health-system pharmacy leaders have cited the importance of developing leadership and managerial skills to the continued growth of quality pharmacy services. (1-5) Zellmer (2) emphasized the need for continuous...
- 8From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The implementation of vendor-based integrated clinical information technology was studied, and its effect on medication errors throughout the medication-use process in a health care system was evaluated....
- 9From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedAt least two surgical residency programs have replaced a paper-based evaluation system with an Internet-based system to document and evaluate residents' competencies, resulting in greater efficiency, improved compliance,...
- 10From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. Verification of whether pharmacotherapeutic follow-up improves arterial blood pressure (BP) was conducted, and whether this improvement alters the quality of life of patients with resistant hypertension in a...
- 11From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The inpatient dosing patterns and treatment costs in cancer and predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients treated with erythropoietic agents from a hospital pharmacy perspective were studied. Methods....
- 12From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedMedicare's inpatient prospective payment system for the fiscal year that starts October 1 includes changes that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hopes will make it an astute purchaser of health care....
- 13From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedDonald E. Letendre, Pharm.D., has been appointed Dean, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City; he assumes this position on September 25. Previously he was the dean and a professor at University of Rhode...
- 14From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The effect of dilution with beverages on the smell and taste of oral acetylcysteine was studied. Methods. A 5% solution of acetylcysteine was prepared from a 20% solution using water, Fresca, Coca-Cola,...
- 15From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPublic health experts recently moved away from a narrowly targeted strategy for vaccination against bacterial meningitis in favor of a blanket recommendation that adolescents 11-18 years of age be routinely vaccinated...
- 16From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The adequacy of end-of-procedure free cefazolin concentrations after administration for the prevention of surgical-site infection (SSI) and compliance with national guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis for...
- 17From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedArtichoke, or Cynara scolymus, is a native plant to southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Canary Islands. (1-4) Artichoke is a member of the Asteraceae, or daisy, family and is thought to be one of the oldest used...
- 18From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-Reviewed
Clinical and economic outcomes of pharmacist-managed antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical patients.
Purpose. The associations between pharmacist-managed antimicrobial prophylaxis in Medicare patients who had surgical codes indicative of the need for antimicrobial prophylaxis and the major health care outcomes of death... - 19From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedPurpose. The stability of oxaliplatin in infusion bags containing 5% dextrose injection was studied. Methods. Solutions of oxaliplatin 0.7 mg/ mL were prepared in polyolefin infusion bags containing 5% dextrose...
- 20From: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. (Vol. 64, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedAn electronic system created by Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana, has improved the hospital's ability to reconcile medications throughout each patient's stay, according to employees close to the project....