166% |
Slower Is Better for Antibiotic Infusions in ICU
Las Vegas—Switching from the standard 30-minute dosing to a four-hour infusion of combination antibiotic piperacillin-ta ...
CLINICAL | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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79% |
Pharmacists Help Boost Surgical ICU Quality Measures
Tampa, Fla.—The timing was perfect: In March 2008, just one month before the pharmacy department at Edward Hines Jr. VA ...
CLINICAL | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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160% |
A Sepsis Success Story
A team of pharmacists at the Medical Center of Plano, in Texas, describe how they were able to slash their hospital's se ...
CLINICAL | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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81% |
Study Highlights Risk for Fatalities With Methadone
A disproportionate number of opioid-related overdose deaths involve methadone, new research suggests. ...
CLINICAL | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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63% |
The Case for Immunoglobulins in Chronic Pain
IVIG expert Jerry Siegel, PharmD, answers an FAQ: can immunoglobulins effectively treat chronic pain? ...
CLINICAL | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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102% |
A Roadmap to Selection of a BCMA System
The incidence of preventable adverse errors occurring during the administration phase of the medication use process has ...
TECHNOLOGY | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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131% |
Collaboration Expands Safe Prescription Medicine Initiative
Cephalon has joined with the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) to ...
IN BRIEF | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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87% |
Covidien Launches New Dose-Alert Timer for EXALGO
Covidien recently announced the release of a new dose-alert timer to be used in conjunction with EXALGO, an extended-rel ...
IN BRIEF | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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107% |
FDA Approves REMS For Qualaquin Heme Reactions
The FDA has approved a new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) to reduce the number of adverse events that oc ...
IN BRIEF | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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22% |
Pain Foundation Unveils New Back Pain Resource
In response to the high prevalence and burden of back pain, the American Pain Foundation (APF) has launched a new online ...
IN BRIEF | ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 |
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