Clinical and economic outcomes of involving pharmacists in the direct care of critically ill patients with infections

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3184-3189

  MacLaren, Robert ^a   Bond, C A ^b   Martin, Steven J ^c   Fike, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Infection; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcomes; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149260939     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818f2269     Document Type: Article

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