Clin Med
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Multicenter Study Controlled Clinical Trial
Including pharmacists on consultant-led ward rounds: a prospective non-randomised controlled trial.
This study aimed to compare interventions made by pharmacists attending consultant-led ward rounds in addition to providing a ward pharmacy service, with those made by pharmacists providing a word pharmacy service alone. A prospective non-randomised controlled study on five inpatient medical wards was carried out at two teaching hospitals. ⋯ One physician-accepted intervention was made every eight minutes during the consultant-led ward rounds, compared to one every 63 minutes during a ward pharmacist visit. Pharmacists attending consultant-led ward rounds in addition to undertaking a ward pharmacist visit make significantly more interventions per patient than those made by pharmacists undertaking a ward pharmacist visit alone, rectifying prescribing errors and optimising treatment.
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There is considerable controversy concerning the benefits and risks of oxygen treatment in many situations and healthcare professionals receive conflicting advice about safe oxygen use. The British Thoracic Society (BTS) has published up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines for emergency oxygen use in the UK in order to encourage the safe use of oxygen in emergency situations and improve consistency of clinical practice. The purpose of this concise guideline is to summarise the key recommendations, particularly concerning emergency oxygen use in the hospital setting.
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With the introduction of new drugs and new devices believed to have less potential for systemic effects, the propensity for potent inhaled glucocorticoids to cause potent hypothalamic—pituitary—adrenal axis suppression is still under recognised.