[From treatment history to patient follow-up: the role of the pharmacist].

Pharmacists and physicians have complementary roles. Indeed, pharmacists have specific knowledge of medications and a particular relationship with patients, especially in the community. Integration of pharmacists within medical teams, based on the North-American model, helps to ensure close collaboration founded on mutual trust and face-to-face contacts.

Pharmacy education in Vietnam.

Pharmacy education programs in Vietnam are complex and offer various career pathways. All include theory and laboratory modules in general, foundation, and pharmaceutical knowledge; placements in health facilities; and a final examination. The various pharmacy degree programs allow specialization in 1 or more of 5 main fields: (1) drug management and supply, (2) drug development and production, (3) pharmacology and clinical pharmacy, (4) traditional medicine and pharmacognosy, and (5) drug quality control, which are offered as main specialization options during the reformed undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Identification of drug-related problems in ambulatory chronic kidney disease patients: a 6-month prospective study.

Background: Drug-related problems (DRPs) are common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We developed a 2-step consultation including a clinical pharmacist (CP) session and a nephrologist conventional care consultation to explore the feasibility of a pilot drug-oriented disease management program in controlling iatrogenic side effects.

Methods: Drug inventory was estimated by a CP before each nephrology consultation.

Pharmaceutical care in chronic kidney disease: experience at Grenoble University Hospital from 2006 to 2010.

Background: Clinical pharmacists (CPs) specifically manage lab-test follow-up, adapt drug dosage according to guidelines and evaluate cardiovascular risk factors and decline in renal function. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of clinical pharmacy services in outpatient nephrology clinics.

Method: For each patient, medical history and current treatment were obtained.

Computerized physician order entry system combined with on-ward pharmacist: analysis of pharmacists' interventions.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: To analyse pharmacists' interventions in a setting where a computerized physician order entry system (CPOE) is in use and a pharmacist works on the ward.

Method: A prospective cohort study was conducted in seven wards of a French teaching hospital using CPOE along with the presence of a full-time on-ward pharmacy resident. We documented the characteristics of pharmacists' interventions communicated to physicians during the medication order validation process whenever a drug-related problem was identified.

Physicians' perception of CPOE implementation.

Objective: To identify perceptions held by physicians of the benefits of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and factors influencing its successful implementation in the context of the increased presence of a clinical pharmacist on ward.

Setting: A 2000-bed University Hospital.

Method: A cross-section opinion survey was conducted of all permanent physicians of the hospital to determine their perception on the benefits, or otherwise, of CPOE.

Automated drug dispensing system reduces medication errors in an intensive care setting.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the impact of an automated dispensing system on the incidence of medication errors related to picking, preparation, and administration of drugs in a medical intensive care unit. We also evaluated the clinical significance of such errors and user satisfaction.

Design: Preintervention and postintervention study involving a control and an intervention medical intensive care unit.

Educating diabetic children: integrating representations by children aged 7 to 11 and their parents.

Objective: A patient living with a chronic disease develops illness-related knowledge, representations, and specific behaviour leading to attitudes. Our objective was to assess the interaction between representations from diabetic children 7 to 11 years of age and their parents, on the disease and its treatment, in order to improve the therapeutic education process.

Method: A qualitative approach was developed.

[Diffusion of pharmacist interventions within the framework of clinical pharmacy activity in the clinical ward].

Background: Computerised physician order entry (CPOE) and the integration of a pharmacist in clinical wards have been shown to prevent medication errors.

Objectives: The objectives were to describe interventions performed by a clinical pharmacist integrated into clinical wards with CPOE, to assess the acceptance of interventions by prescribers, and to describe factors associated with acceptance.

Methods: A 3-week prospective study was conducted in five wards of a 2000-bed French teaching hospital.

Compliance with guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis in total hip replacement surgery: results of a retrospective study of 416 patients in a teaching hospital.

Objective: To assess compliance of anesthesiologist practices in antibiotic prophylaxis during total hip replacement (THR) surgery with the French Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care consensus-based guidelines.

Design: Retrospective review of medical records. Compliance of anesthesiologist practices with the guidelines was assessed according to antibiotic prophylaxis use, antimicrobial agent, dosage of first injection, time from first dose to incision, and total duration of antibiotic prophylaxis.