Global healthcare expenditure is escalating at an unsustainable rate. Money spent on
medicines and managing medication-related problems continues to grow. The high …

Purpose. The issues regarding the discontinuation and reinstitution of long-term therapies,
including cardiovascular agents, anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents, central nervous …

Objective: To determine whether the absence or presence of clinical pharmacists in
intensive care units (ICUs) results in differences in mortality rates, length of ICU stay, and …

Purpose. The cost implications of and potential adverse events prevented by the
interventions of a critical care pharmacist were studied. Methods. A decentralized clinical …

Purpose A two-phase program to increase pharmacist involvement in management of pain,
agitation and delirium (PAD) at a large community teaching hospital is described. Summary …

Objective. To assess the effects of clinical pharmacist participation in the care of critically ill
Medicare patients with thromboembolic or infarction‐related events (TIE) on clinical and …

Background: Critical care pharmacy activities have been described as fundamental,
desirable, and optimal, but actual services provided have not been evaluated. Objective: To …

O farmacêutico pode ser considerado umas das profissões mais antigas do mundo, onde
visa contribuir a qualidade de vida da população, tendo como consequência um tratamento …

The cost of health care has been rising in the United States and globally and will continue to
increase. Intensive care unit (ICU) care carries a significant portion of the cost for the …

Abstract Introduction Recently, China initiated an ambitious healthcare reform aiming to
provide affordable and equitable basic health care to all by 2020. To meet these goals, new …