NYSCHP Corporate Sponsor Scholarship Essay Award: Social Media, Friend or Foe? 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Clinical Toxicology and Management of Intoxications With Synthetic Cathinones ("Bath Salts") 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Synthetic cathinones are synthetic derivatives of the natural cathinone, one of the psychoactive compounds present in Catha edulis (khat). There are at least 12 different types of synthetic cathinones...

Novel Direct-Acting Anticoagulants for Risk Reduction in ACS 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a devastating adverse cardiovascular event with a massive burden on patient morbility and mortality, as well as the economy. Approximately 1.2 million people are hospi...

Prioritizing Pharmaceutical Activities: A Simulation by Pharmacy Residents 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Objectives: The primary objective was to examine the consistency of prioritization decisions made by pharmacy residents in a simulated environment where the available resources are constrained. Secon...

Student Pharmacists' Perceptions of Barriers to Medication Adherence Counseling 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Purpose: To identify the barriers perceived by student pharmacists to counseling on medication adherence in a supermarket community pharmacy chain. Methods: Online surveys were made available to 65...

Life-Threatening ACE Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema After Eleven Years on Lisinopril 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) are the primary medication class implicated in drug-associated angioedema. Angioedema is most common early in ACE-I therapy, yet episodes can occur la...

Guidance for the Discontinuation or Switching of Antidepressant Therapies in Adults 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Antidepressants (ADs) are commonly used for the treatment of various psychological and other medical disorders. Patient response and regimen duration with individual agents varies, necessitating disco...

The Frequency of Adjusted Renal Dosing of Tenofovir DF and Its Effects on Patient Outcomes 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B, is renally eliminated and has been associ...

Emergency Medicine Pharmacists and Sepsis Management 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Purpose: To describe the role that an emergency medicine (EM) clinical pharmacist has on the management of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic s...

Pharmacist-Developed Sedation Protocol and Impact on Ventilator Days 1 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm

Background: Up to one-third of intensive care unit (ICU) patients require mechanical ventilation. Mechanical ventilation is associated with numerous complications including ventilator-induced lung in...