RX Note

JUNE 21, 2023

History The emergence of clinical pharmacy as a form of professional practice has been attributed to the poor medicines control systems that existed in hospitals during the early 1960. Although provoked by similar hospital-associated problems, the nature of the professional response differed between the USA and the UK.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

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Nursing Homes Inpatient Hospitals 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The VICTOR trial was a randomized international study published in 2007 and showed that success rates for viremia eradication and treatment success were no different between oral or IV therapy at days 21 and 49. However the data these recommendations are based on is extensive and goes back several years.

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Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Episode 546: Top performing resuscitation teams are more likely to include pharmacists Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Exactly how many hospitals have pharmacists on their resuscitation teams is unclear, as it has been over a decade since the last US-based survey I can find in the medical literature.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 1, 2024

While aspiration was not previously addressed head-on in CAP guidelines, new data prompted the 2019 IDSA CAP guideline authors to include the following question: Question 10: In the Inpatient Setting, Should Patients with Suspected Aspiration Pneumonia Receive Additional Anaerobic Coverage beyond Standard Empiric Treatment for CAP?

Nursing Homes 52

Nursing Homes Inpatient Hospitals 52