The critical care pharmacist: an essential intensive care practitioner.
Clinical pharmacy services in the critical care setting have expanded dramatically and include assisting physicians in pharmacotherapy decision making, providing pharmacokinetic consultations, monitoring patients for drug efficacy and safety, providing drug information, and offering medical education to physicians, nurses, and patients. Measurable clinical effects of these services include reduced drug errors and adverse drug events, decreased morbidity and mortality rates, and a positive pharmacoeconomic impact by decreasing overall health care costs.
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John
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Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Brooklyn, New York 11201-5497, USA.
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Jill A
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Lober
Cheryl
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Pass
Steven E
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Seidl
Edward C
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Rina A
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Sherman
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