Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in the Critical Care Unit, Taif City, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Patient Selection
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Data Management and Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Count | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Type of intervention | ||
Safety | 153 | 38 |
Dosing | 20 | 4.9 |
Indication | 185 | 45.7 |
Miscellaneous | 46 | 11.4 |
Total intervention | 404 | 100 |
Interventions related to indication | ||
Drug with no indications | 38 | 18.5 |
Add drug | 162 | 79 |
Duplication | 5 | 2.4 |
Total | 205 | 100.0 |
Interventions related to safety | ||
TDM | 7 | 5.2 |
Renal dose adjustment | 50 | 37.6 |
Drug discontinuation due to long duration | 74 | 55.6 |
Drug interaction | 2 | 1.50 |
Total | 133 | 100.0 |
Interventions related to dosing | ||
Dosing | 17 | 85 |
Frequency | 3 | 15 |
Total | 20 | 100.0 |
Miscellaneous | ||
Provide information for nurse | 16 | 35 |
Consultation | 30 | 65 |
Total | 46 | 100.0 |
Interventions related to cost saving | ||
Renal dose adjustment | 50 | 12.4 |
Drug discontinuation due to long duration | 74 | 18.3 |
Drug with no indications | 38 | 9.4 |
Duplication | 5 | 1.2 |
Drug interaction | 2 | 0.5 |
Total | 169 | 41.6 |
Intervention acceptance by physician | ||
Accepted | 370 | 91.5 |
Not accepted | 36 | 8.5 |
Total | 404 | 100.0 |
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Althomali, A.; Altowairqi, A.; Alghamdi, A.; Alotaibi, M.; Althubaiti, A.; Alqurashi, A.; Harbi, A.A.; Algarni, M.A.; Haseeb, A.; Elnaem, M.H.; et al. Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in the Critical Care Unit, Taif City, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study. Pharmacy 2022, 10, 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10050108
Althomali A, Altowairqi A, Alghamdi A, Alotaibi M, Althubaiti A, Alqurashi A, Harbi AA, Algarni MA, Haseeb A, Elnaem MH, et al. Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in the Critical Care Unit, Taif City, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study. Pharmacy. 2022; 10(5):108. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10050108
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlthomali, Abdullah, Ahmed Altowairqi, Afnan Alghamdi, Musim Alotaibi, Abdulrahman Althubaiti, Abdulaziz Alqurashi, Adnan Al Harbi, Majed Ahmed Algarni, Abdul Haseeb, Mohamed Hassan Elnaem, and et al. 2022. "Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in the Critical Care Unit, Taif City, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study" Pharmacy 10, no. 5: 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10050108