Preventing Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Hospital Acid suppression is widely used to
lower the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients, and the practice has spread …

Background Patients recovering from an episode in an intensive care unit (ICU) frequently
experience medication errors on transition to the hospital ward. Structured handover …

Objectives: To provide a multiorganizational statement to update recommendations for
critical care pharmacy practice and make recommendations for future practice. A position …

OBJECTIVES: To comprehensively classify interventions performed by ICU clinical
pharmacists and quantify cost avoidance generated through their accepted interventions …

Every critically ill patient requires care by a critical care pharmacist (CCP) for best possible
outcomes. Indeed, these highly trained professionals generate benefit through direct patient …

Stress-related mucosal disease is a typical complication of critically ill patients in the
intensive care unit (ICU). It poses a risk of clinically relevant upper gastrointestinal (GI) …

BACKGROUNDClostridium difficile is the principal infectious cause of antibiotic-associated
diarrhea and accounts for 12% of hospital-acquired infections. Recent literature has shown …

The critical care pharmacist (CCP) is essential to the high-quality care of critically ill patients.
CCPs provide dedicated medication expertise at the bedside, drive quality improvement (QI) …

Postoperative complications are common. Major guidelines have been published on
stratifying and managing adverse cardiovascular events and thromboembolic events, but …

This narrative review summarises the benefits, risks and appropriate use of acid-
suppressing drugs (ASDs), proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists …