Optimization of critical care pharmacy clinical services: a gap analysis approach

AS Newsome, B Murray, SE Smith… - American Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Every critically ill patient requires care by a critical care pharmacist (CCP) for best possible
outcomes. Indeed, these highly trained professionals generate benefit through direct patient …

[HTML][HTML] Does drug dispensing improve the health outcomes of patients attending community pharmacies? A systematic review

B Pizetta, LG Raggi, KSS Rocha… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Drug dispensing is a clinical pharmacy service that promotes access to
medicines and their rational use. However, there is a lack of evidence for the impact of drug …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of number of medications and complexity of regimens on medication adherence and blood pressure management in hospitalized patients with …

E Wakai, K Ikemura, C Kato, M Okuda - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Good adherence of antihypertensives is recommended for the accomplishment
of hypertension therapy. The number of medications and characteristics contributing to …

Development of machine learning models to validate a medication regimen complexity scoring tool for critically ill patients

MA Al-Mamun, T Brothers… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: The Medication Regimen Complexity-Intensive Care Unit (MRC-ICU) is the first
tool for measuring medication regimen complexity in critically ill patients. This study tested …

Complexity of medication regimens for children with neurological impairment

JA Feinstein, H Friedman, LE Orth… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Parents of children with severe neurological impairment (SNI) manage complex
medication regimens (CMRs) at home, and clinicians can help support parents and simplify …

Medication regimen complexity in 8 Australian residential aged care facilities: impact of age, length of stay, comorbidity, frailty, and dependence in activities of daily …

EYH Chen, JS Bell, J Ilomaki, C Keen… - … interventions in aging, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To explore variation in medication regimen complexity in residential aged care
facilities (RACFs) according to resident age, length of stay, comorbidity, dementia severity …

Are clinical outcomes associated with medication regimen complexity? A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Alves-Conceição, KSS Rocha… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Current evidence of the influence of the medication regimen complexity (MRC)
on the patients' clinical outcomes are not conclusive. Objective: To systematically and …

Medication regimen complexity and medication adherence in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

K Parker, I Bull‐Engelstad, W Aasebø… - Hemodialysis …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 with or without
dialysis treatment usually have concomitant comorbidities, which often result in multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Medication regimen complexity and its impact on medication adherence and asthma control among patients with asthma in Ethiopian referral hospitals

EA Belachew, AK Netere, AK Sendekie - Asthma Research and Practice, 2022 - Springer
Background Various studies have found that medication adherence is generally low among
patients with asthma, and that the complexity of the regimen may be a potential factor …

Associations of medication regimen complexity with COPD medication adherence and control

AD Federman, R O'conor, MS Wolf… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Medication adherence is often low among people with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) and medication regimen complexity may be a contributing …