Tsz Yin So|J. Bradley Layton|Kara Bozik|Elizabeth Farrington|Patrick E. Gipson|Keisha Gibson|William A. Primack|William G. Conley|Debbie S. Gipson|Maria Ferris
Cognitive Pharmacy Services at a Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension Clinic
Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals|University of North Carolina Hospitals
purpose pediatric patients require special attention pediatric pharmacists particularly true pediatric patients chronic kidney disease ckd number medications complexity treatment increase disease progression however paucity information describing pediatric cognitive pharmacy services setting objective study identify potential roles clinical pharmacist provider pediatric nephrology hypertension clinic methods pediatric patients 18 years age chronically took least one medication consecutively enrolled university north carolina unc pediatric nephrology hypertension clinic 1 august 2007 15 april 2008 demographic information interventions performed clinic visit clinical pharmacist examined results three hundred seventyfour visits made 283 participants evaluated mean sd number cognitive pharmacy interventions per patient 23 10 first visit medication counseling verification current medications comprising common activity 85 mean sd number medications per patient 57 48 medications counseled per visit 40 34 medication adherence investigated 141 38 visits pretransplant education medications performed 3 patients discrepancies medications discovered 12 374 visits conclusion pediatric cognitive pharmacy services patients unc pediatric nephrology clinic feasible improved quality services promoted better outcomes complex patients