December 21 Health Systems Inpatient Insights Inpatient Insights PT December 2022 Although current treatments for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) exist, there are no known treatments that slow disease progression.
December 21 Health Systems Antibiotics Stewardship SHEA releases statement on antibiotic stewardship during public health emergencies PT December 2022 Eighty percent of patients hospitalized during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were prescribed antibiotics on admission even though the antimicrobial drugs were rarely indicated at that point. Sonya Collins
December 21 Health Systems Gabapentin Perioperative gabapentin use associated with increased risk of adverse effects in older adults PT December 2022 Investigators studied perioperative gabapentin use to better understand if nonopioid use in multimodal analgesia would be beneficial in reducing opioid use and its adverse effects to improve pain control safely. Clarissa Chan, PharmD
December 21 Health Systems Medication Safety List of medication safety best practices grows in most recent update PT December 2022 The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) updates its Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals list biannually. Olivia C. Welter, PharmD
December 21 Health Systems Pancreatitis Landmark trial suggests aggressive fluid therapy in pancreatitis may cause more harm than good Randomized controlled trials that investigate the optimal parameters of fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis—such as the rate of infusion or the total volume of fluid to be infused—remain scarce.
December 21 Today's Pharmacist A minute with … Pharmacists in Action PT December 2022 Jennifer Garson, 2023 PharmD candidate at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Intern, Walgreens, Lafayette, IN
January 4 CPE CPE Pharmacists increasing access to reproductive health care PT December 2022 People in the United States still struggle to access sexual and reproductive health care, as evidenced by the unintended pregnancy rate of 45%. Ashley H. Meredith, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, BCPS, CDCES, FCCP
January 4 Practice & Trends On the Cover Quantifying the ‘heroic’ work of pharmacists during the pandemic PT January 2022, PT January 2023 Nearly 3 years have passed since COVID-19 upended the world and pharmacists’ roles expanded. Now the time has come for that history to be documented. Loren Bonner