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fact: Hospital costs for malnourished patients are 73% HIGHER. Learn more and get involved during Malnutrition Awarene...
08/01/2025

fact: Hospital costs for malnourished patients are 73% HIGHER. Learn more and get involved during Malnutrition Awareness Week, Sept. 8-12. nutritioncare.org/MAW-25

Formulating and administering total parenteral nutrition for infants is a complex process, but new data presented at the...
07/30/2025

Formulating and administering total parenteral nutrition for infants is a complex process, but new data presented at the 2025 Critical Care Congress indicate that artificial intelligence can streamline TPN compounding, potentially lowering costs and saving lives.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/Iy8BAA/f

Pharmacists can play an important role in managing postpartum psychosis, a rare disorder that can often be misdiagnosed ...
07/29/2025

Pharmacists can play an important role in managing postpartum psychosis, a rare disorder that can often be misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. Accurately diagnosing and treating the condition is critical because it can lead to significant mental distress, su***de and infanticide, as well as failure to thrive in babies.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/Hi8BAA/f

Only 11% of adults aged 65 years and older gave an “A” grade to the U.S. healthcare system in a 2024 survey sponsored by...
07/29/2025

Only 11% of adults aged 65 years and older gave an “A” grade to the U.S. healthcare system in a 2024 survey sponsored by Age Wave and The John A. Hartford Foundation. These low marks reflect the reality that health providers do not always consider the views of older people when providing care.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/Hy8BAA/f

Elevated serum lactate is the classic biomarker of mortality risk from refractory septic shock. But workups for sepsis s...
07/28/2025

Elevated serum lactate is the classic biomarker of mortality risk from refractory septic shock. But workups for sepsis should also include renin levels, which may in fact be a better prognostic marker for these patients.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/HC8BAA/f

Although adult antimicrobial stewardship programs have been implemented universally and successfully for decades, formal...
07/27/2025

Although adult antimicrobial stewardship programs have been implemented universally and successfully for decades, formal pediatric-specific ASPs historically have lagged behind these adult programs

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/Gy8BAA/f

Pharmacists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have crafted a four-pronged set of guidelines for managing parentera...
07/25/2025

Pharmacists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have crafted a four-pronged set of guidelines for managing parenteral nutrition-associated hyperglycemia, one of its developers reported at the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/GS8BAA/f

Anticoagulation is significantly underused in older adults, especially those who are frail and thus at risk for falls. C...
07/25/2025

Anticoagulation is significantly underused in older adults, especially those who are frail and thus at risk for falls. Closing that treatment gap should be a focus for pharmacists who help manage these vulnerable patients, an expert said during APhA25.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/Fy8BAA/f

A structured workflow assessment improved productivity following the installation of a sterile compounding robot at John...
07/24/2025

A structured workflow assessment improved productivity following the installation of a sterile compounding robot at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Pharmacy by pinpointing three main bottlenecks that could be tackled with strategic workflow changes.

https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/a/JC8BAA/f

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