PHRM 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Status Epilepticus, Pharmacy, Vancouver System
Document Summary
Required to integrate and apply pharmacology, pathophysiology, and other pharmaceutical sciences to drug related aspects of patient care. Trained to communicate and respond to dir effectively tailored to the audience. Main purpose: to instruct pharmacy students on how to manage dirs. 1: clearly define the question, gather pertinent background information, perform a search of resources/literature, critically appraise and evaluate the literature, apply findings and compose response, cite all references used (vancouver style, note search strategy used. Example : what is the evidence for the prevention of c. difficile with probiotics. Example : is lamotrigine more effective than phenytoin for the treatment of seizures. Consider: first time vs recurrence, vs placebo or other agents, patient population. Consider: patient population (pediatric vs adult), type of seizure, cause of seizures (e. g. status epilepticus vs long term treatment of seizure disorder, induced by brain injury or alcohol withdrawal) E. g. what data do you need to properly respond. Determine if any search was previously conducted.
