Nili, Mona Shaikh, Nazneen Fatima Dwibedi, Nilanjana Madhavan, S Suresh
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Journal of pharmacy practice
With the emerging opportunities for pharmacists to gain provider status, the need for understanding interest to become a pharmacist provider has never been greater. To determine which entrepreneurial traits (locus of control, innovativeness, autonomy, risk-taking propensity, proactiveness, achievement motivation, people liking, problem-solving, and...
Chen, Jack J Johannesmeyer, Herman Joseph
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Journal of pharmacy practice
As the scope of practice for pharmacists expands to include rendering physical assessment procedures, colleges and schools of pharmacy are increasingly incorporating various assessment skills into the curriculum. Pharmacy practice faculty are increasingly tasked with teaching and assessing learners on professional competency in entrustable professi...
Gomides, Ana Paula M Albuquerque, Cleandro P Santos, Ana B V Amorim, Rodrigo B C Bértolo, Manoel B Júnior, Paulo L Santos, Isabela A Giorgi, Rina D Sacilotto, Nathália C Radominski, Sebastião C
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Journal of pharmacy practice
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with high frequency of comorbidities and increased risk of polypharmacy. Although there is a great potential for complications, there is a gap in literature on polypharmacy in patients with rheumatic arthritis. To evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy in a population in a real-life ...
Zamora, Francis J Madduri, Rani P Philips, Ashmi A Miller, Nancy Varghese, Mini
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Journal of pharmacy practice
Appropriate pain control is one of the cornerstones necessary to promote positive clinical outcomes. A new bupivacaine liposomal formulation was designed to extend its analgesic effect for up to 72-hours post-surgery, reportedly leading to significant opioid-sparing. Retrospective and prospective chart review conducted in a 178-bed academic institu...
Lintner, Alicia C Brennan, Phillip Miles, M Victoria P Leonard, Clinton Alexander, Kaitlin M Kahn, Steven A
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Journal of pharmacy practice
Providing adequate analgesia during burn wound care is essential to patient-centered care. Both oral and intravenous (IV) ketamine are often used for analgesia and sedation. Ketamine may improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for burn wound care. Oral ketamine wafers and tablets have been used as a safe alternative internationally but a...
Koehl, Jennifer Steffenhagen, Aaron Halfpap, Joe
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Journal of pharmacy practice
To design and evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of a medication reconciliation workflow incorporating pharmacist home medication ordering. Designed and implemented an admission medication reconciliation workflow that expanded the pharmacists' role to include an initial ordering of home medications. Performed a prospective, pre-post cohort analys...
Shah, Kanya K Kogut, Stephen Slitt, Angela
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Journal of pharmacy practice
A rare disease, or orphan disease, in the United States is a condition with a national prevalence of fewer than 200,000 diagnoses. As therapies for rare diseases are developed and brought to market, pharmacists should understand the challenges of drug development for rare diseases and aid in educating patients about the approval process for rare di...
Beavers, Craig J Jennings, Douglas L
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Journal of pharmacy practice
Evidence for the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIs) in the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is from the era of either limited utilization of P2Y12 inhibitors or prior the introduction of more potent P2Y12 inhibitors. This leads to divergent opinions regarding the role of these agents in contemporary practice. This study sough...
Ellison, Carolyn A Blackwell, Sarah B
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Journal of pharmacy practice
A report of acute azithromycin-induced hepatocellular injury is described. An 83-year-old male was admitted with possible community-acquired pneumonia and received azithromycin and ceftriaxone. After 2 doses of azithromycin, the patient's aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase were greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal and...
Singh, Divita Fahim, Germin Ghin, Hoytin Lee Mathis, Scott
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Journal of pharmacy practice
To analyze effect of pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation on 30-day readmission rates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and identify common medication errors among patient with readmissions. Pharmacists were educated on discharge medication reconciliation for patients with COPD. A retrospective chart review was conducted on ...
