Clinical pharmacist review: A randomised controlled trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 419-426

  Briggs, Sheridan ^a   Pearce, Robert ^a   Dilworth, Sophie ^b   Higgins, Isabel ^b   Hullick, Carolyn ^a,b   Attia, John ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Emergency service; Hospital; Medication reconciliation; Pharmacy service; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; METOPROLOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 84941944554     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12451     Document Type: Article

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