Accp Journals

The authors provide perspective on how to complete retrospective, observational studies and the use of factor Xa inhibitors in patients with AKI. The full manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2759. 

"There's always a patient at the end of everything we do." The answer to why we need to incorporate health equity into postgraduate pharmacy training. Learn more about the "why" and also the "how" from this important conversation. Read the full text manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1719. 

Dr. Dave L. Dixon discusses the benefits of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), reviews the guideline development process, discusses limitations in this process and in applying CPGs to patient care, identifies opportunities for improvement, provides considerations for educating learners and other health care professionals about CPGs, and examines the role of pharmacists in CPG development, dissemination, and implementation. Access the full-text manuscript for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1743. 

Drs. Abigail Elmes and Jennie Jarrett break down the current state of pharmacy fellowships. Read the full text manuscript in the Postgraduate Training in Clinical Pharmacy themed issue at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1746. 

Excellent insight into drug-resistant epilepsy and the available literature evaluating polytherapy. Full text of the manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2748. 

These authors provide important insight into the data behind some of the guideline recommendations for the treatment and prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection. When can you justify the cost of fidaxomicin? The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2734. 

Dr. Jessica Smith presents her team's work to answer the question whether fluconazole can be used while a patient is receiving a direct oral anticoagulant. The full manuscript is available open access at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2738.  

Dr. Jennifer Bacci shares her team's findings on perceptions of the Flip the Pharmacy initiative as a strategy to implement and improve community pharmacy-based patient care. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1728

Interviews with Leaders in Clinical Pharmacy: Marie Chisholm-Burns "It's all about access and success."

The way that health professionals think about pharmacotherapy is descending into fallacies that have long been recognized by philosophers as dangerous. Dr. Charles Hepler explains how clinical pharmacists should philosophically interpret scientific information. Full text of the editorial is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1694 

Fascinating discussion with Dr. Sara Wettergreen on harnessing the power of placebos and mitigating nocebo effects. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1692. 

Drs. Luigi Brunetti and Tom Lodise discuss the why and how of AUC guided dosing for vancomycin.  Full text manuscript available for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2722 

Drs. Bruce Lambert and Gordon Schiff share the less publicized details of the RaDonda Vaught medication error case, bringing to light nine steps for action to improve medication safety and ensure justice when errors occur.  Access the full text manuscript for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1676

Lead authors, Drs. Maya Campara and Joelle Nelson, share about the process that led to the publication of these important recommendations that will impact care and practice within the transplant community. Read and download the open access consensus recommendations at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2716 or the executive summary: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2718

Guest editors, Drs. John Allen and Nancy Borja-Hart share their perspective on some of the most important issues and advances in health equity in clinical pharmacy from the JACCP special issue. Full issue can be accessed at: https://www.accp.com/membership/resfelAward.aspx. 

Dr. Mark A. Munger shares his team's research on the concomitant use of NSAIDs plus misoprostol and the associated reduced risk of NSAID-induced cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal adverse events. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2708.

Dr. Megan Rech describes her team's findings on the causes of premature attrition of clinical pharmacists and what individuals and organizations can do to combat it. Full text free to read and download at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1631 

Dr. Courtney Montepara shares her experience involving APPE students in research with a cardiology pharmacist-led intervention on high-intensity statin prescribing upon discharge after acute myocardial infarction. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1617.

Authors Raj Desai and Steven Smith evaluated data for patients with stable hypertension and depression to determine whether the initiation of serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors had a similar risk of antihypertensive treatment intensification and major adverse cardiovascular events compared to initiation of SSRIs. The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2686. 

Dr. Erin Kelty discusses the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome in Western Australia from 2003 to 2018 and provides insight on the medications used to treat opioid use disorders that were a substantial driver of NAS. The full text manuscript is available open access at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2678.