Diagnostic reasoning by hospital pharmacists: Assessment of attitudes, knowledge, and skills

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Chernushkin, Kseniya ^a   Loewen, Peter ^b   De Lemos, Jane ^c   Aulakh, Amneet ^a   Jung, Joanne ^d   Dahri, Karen ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Richmond Hospital   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic literacy; Diagnostic traditions; Pharmacists' diagnosing; Probabilistic diagnostic tools

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRON; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THYROTROPIN; WARFARIN;

ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKILL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84881278841     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: 19202903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v65i4.1155     Document Type: Article

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