Pharmacy-led initiative for improving peri-operative medication reconciliation among bariatric surgical patients: what is the role?

Autor: Jyotirmay Sharma, Amanda Van Prooyen, Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, Jonathan D. Pollock, Elissa A. Falconer, Arvinpal Singh, Edward Lin, Jessica Hicks, S. Scott Davis, Daniel V. Samarov, DeAngelo A. Harris
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Surgical Endoscopy. 36:1593-1600
ISSN: 1432-2218
0930-2794
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-021-08343-y
Popis: Multiple medication changes are common after bariatric surgery, but pharmacist assistance in this setting is not well described. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a pharmacy-led initiative for facilitating discharge medicine reconciliation after bariatric surgery. A standardized post-operative pharmacy consult evaluation was conducted on bariatric surgery inpatients at a single academic center starting 1/2/2019. Retrospective chart review evaluated patient characteristics, medication changes, and 30-day outcomes pre-intervention (7/2018–12/2018) and post-intervention (1/2019–12/2019). Two-sample t tests or binomial tests were used for continuous or categorical variables, respectively; a p-value of
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