Perioperative medication management: Expanding the role of the preadmission clinic pharmacist in a single centre, randomised controlled trial of collaborative prescribing

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hale, A R ^a   Coombes, I D ^b   Stokes, J ^c   McDougall, D ^a   Whitfield, K ^d   Maycock, E ^a   Nissen, L ^e  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Queensland Health   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84880597927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003027     Document Type: Article

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