Open AccessImpact of Clinical Pharmacist on the Pediatric Intensive Care Practice: An 11-Year Tertiary Center Experience
Author(s) -
Sandeep Tripathi,
Heidi M Crabtree,
Karen Fryer,
Kevin K. Graner,
Grace M. Arteaga
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-20.4.290
Subject(s) - tertiary care , center (category theory) , pharmacist , medicine , clinical pharmacy , intensive care , family medicine , intensive care medicine , pharmacy , chemistry , crystallography
With increasing complexity of critical care medicine comes an increasing need for multidisciplinary involvement in care. In many institutions, pharmacists are an integral part of this team, but long-term data on the interventions performed by pharmacists and their effects on patient care and outcomes are limited. We aimed to describe the role of pediatric clinical pharmacists in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) practice.