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Which heparin should a patient use for acute coronary syndrome?

JCAHO, AHA offer new help to hospitals to improve stroke care.

ZLB Bioplasma receives approval for new biologic for pregnant women.

Beware that revised recommendations are on the way for TPNs

Unprecedented guidelines offer recommendations on how to treat patients with severe sepsis.

The author believes that it's not a good idea for pharmacists to buy their technology products from their drug wholesalers

Death of 16-month-old New Jersey girl as a result of an alleged error in connection of IV line.

Johns Hopkins Children's Center settles fatality lawsuit as a result of excess potassium in an IV feeding solution. This prompted a change from manual to automated TPN preparation.

Should this acutely ill patient take grapefruit juice?

Humira is being tested for ankylosing spondylitis.

This article weighs the evidence on whether FDA made the right decision in prohibiting the use of ephedra in dietary supplements

Baxa has introduced Abacus for calculating total parenteral nutrition solutions

This case involves a patient with gastrointestinal problems and pain

Does ASHP's 2015 initiative conflict with JCPP's 2014 program?

Hospital pharmacists bemoan cutbacks in outpatient prospective payment rates

FDA delays the date of effectiveness of its labeling requirements related to aluminum toxicity in total parenteral nutrition solutions

This installment involves a patient with a history of seizures who is recuperating from a hip fracture

Diabetes is the fourth most common comorbidity that complicates every U.S. hospital discharge. In addition, it causes a two- to fourfold increase in hospitalization rates, and depending on the admitting diagnosis, increases length of hospital stay by 1 to 3 days. Furthermore, recent data show hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients complicates many conditions, and is an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes.

Wholesalers would have to create pedigrees for drugs they receive and ship by 2007 under revisions to the model wholesaler licensure rule proposed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

anonymous error reporting

Pharmacy trade groups put on a show about the value of pharmacist interventions

An exclusive survey of pharmacists reveals what they are forecasting for the year ahead

This case involves patient with diabetes, cardiovascular problems, and other conditions

Case involves a patient who has congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The growth in cases of fake drugs underscores the need for pharmacists to select the right wholesaler

Findings of a recent study indicate that hospital pharmacists can play a significant role in the prevention of adverse drug events (ADEs). Investigators at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich., found that inclusion of pharmacists on rounding teams reduced the incidence of preventable ADEs by 78%. Study results were published in the September 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Is it safe to administer paclitaxel in one-hour infusion?

An exclusive survey of pharmacists shows how they feel about their drug middlemen

The case presented here involves a patient with high cholesterol levels along with acute pancreatitis and new-onset diabetes

This installment follows up on the Rite Aid suit involving a Lyme disease patient who charged that the chain didn't warn her about the danger of drinking milk and taking doxycycline