December 21 Practice & Trends AFIB Pharmacists have future role in atrial fibrillation management PT December 2022 Pharmacists are a potentially untapped resource for atrial fibrillation (AFib) management, according to a new research paper in the American Journal of Medicine. Loren Bonner
December 21 Practice & Trends Vaccine Errors ISMP identifies non-COVID-19-related vaccine errors PT December 2022 In a recent report published by the Institute of Safe Medical Practices (ISMP), more than 1,400 vaccine-related errors were reported and analyzed within the ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program (ISMP VERP) during a 19-month period from June 2020 to December 2021. Ariel L. Clark, PharmD
December 21 Practice & Trends Flu Shots Top 5 questions about this year's flu vaccination PT December 2022 CDC estimates that the United States will experience a high influenza disease burden for the 2022–2023 season. Brooke Whittington, PharmD
December 21 Practice & Trends On the Docket Court holds that pharmaceutical product placement may be a representation of product quality PT December 2022 Most states have consumer protection laws that authorize lawsuits against retailers who represent their products as having characteristics that the products actually do not have. David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD
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