Antibiotic use in the intensive care unit: optimization and de-escalation

M Campion, G Scully - Journal of intensive care medicine, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Appropriate antimicrobial therapy is essential to ensuring positive patient outcomes.
Inappropriate or suboptimal utilization of antibiotics can lead to increased length of stay …

Weight-based dosing in medication use: what should we know?

S Pan, L Zhu, M Chen, P Xia, Q Zhou - Patient preference and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background Weight-based dosing strategy is still challenging due to poor awareness and
adherence. It is necessary to let clinicians know of the latest developments in this respect …

Model-informed precision dosing of vancomycin in hospitalized children: implementation and adoption at an academic children's hospital

A Frymoyer, HT Schwenk, Y Zorn, L Bio… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) can serve as a powerful tool during
therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to help individualize dosing in populations with large …

The high-value pharmacy enterprise framework: advancing pharmacy practice in health systems through a consensus-based, strategic approach

S Rough, R Shane, JA Armitstead… - American Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Purpose The high-value pharmacy enterprise (HVPE) framework and constituent best
practice consensus statements are presented, and the methods used to develop the …

Bridging the gap between theory and practice; the active role of inpatient pharmacists in therapeutic drug monitoring

AF Alhameed, SA Khansa, H Hasan, S Ismail, M Aseeri - Pharmacy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many hospitals face barriers in the implementation of TDM services, this study aimed to
evaluate a pharmacist-led TDM service to optimize patients' outcomes. Adult patients who …

Vancomycin dosing nomograms targeting high serum trough levels in different populations: pros and cons

S Elyasi, H Khalili - European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Utilization of higher doses of vancomycin to achieve the trough concentrations of
15–20 mg/L for complicated infections has been recommended by the Infectious Diseases …

Pharmacist-directed vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric patients: a collaborative-practice model

K Hussain, R Ikram, G Ambreen… - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of Vancomycin (VCM) is required to prevent
inappropriate dosage-associated bacterial resistance, therapeutic failure, and toxicities in …

Effects of pharmacist intervention in Vancomycin treatment for patients with bacteremia due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

A Komoto, T Maiguma, D Teshima, T Sugiyama… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective We conducted a retrospective study based on composite endpoints for treatment
failure to evaluate the effect of pharmacist-led VCM initial dose planning for Methicillin …

Impact of a pharmacist-initiated vancomycin monitoring program

AP Smith, CA Millares-Sipin, M James… - The Consultant …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the clinical impact of pharmacist-initiated vancomycin monitoring
and dosing in a long-term care setting. DESIGN: Single-center, pretest, post-test design …

[HTML][HTML] Palestinian pharmacists' knowledge of issues related to using psychotropic medications in older people: a cross-sectional study

R Shawahna, M Khaskiyyi, H Abdo… - J Educ Eval …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of pharmacists practicing in
Palestine of issues related to using psychotropic medications in older people. Methods The …