Hospital Pharmacy • Volume 49, February 2014
Contents
Editorial
Adverse Drug Event Reporting: Awareness Is Not Enough
Joyce A. Generali
Letters to the Editor
Enhancing Patient Education and Medication Reconciliation Strategies to Reduce Readmission Rates
Kimberly Hume and Elizabeth Tomsik
Evaluation of Reasons for Dabigatran Discontinuation in a Community Hospital and Anticoagulation Clinic
Ashley Jacobs, Dustin Linn, Brook Sipe, Angel Heyerly, and Gordon Bokhart
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
ISMP Medication Error Report Analysis
U-500 Insulin Safety Concerns Mount
Improved Labeling Needed for Camphor Product
Cardizem-Cardene Mix-up
Initiative to Eliminate Tubing Misconnections
Michael R. Cohen and Judy L. Smetzer
ISMP Adverse Drug Reactions
Sorafenib-Induced Thyroid Storm
Ceftaroline-Induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Imatinib-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Tibia
Visual and Auditory Hallucinations With Citalopram
Michael A. Mancano
Cancer Chemotherapy Update
Capecitabine and Gemcitabine (CapGem, CG, GemCap) for Advanced Pancreatic and Biliary Tract Cancer
Dominic A. Solimando and J. Aubrey Waddell
Off-Label Drug Uses
Pimozide: Parasitosis (Delusional)
Joyce A. Generali and Dennis J. Cada
Special Feature
Light-Sensitive Injectable Prescription Drugs
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Drug Information Group
Original Articles
Pharmacy Management of Postoperative Blood Glucose in Open Heart Surgery
Patients: Evaluation of an Intravenous to Subcutaneous Insulin Protocol
Amanda Stahnke, Kelly Struemph, Erin Behnen, and Julia Schimmelpfennig
Cost Analysis of Premixed Multichamber Bags Versus Compounded Parenteral
Nutrition: Breakeven Point
Erkut Bozat, Gamze Korubuk, Pelin Onar, and Osman Abbasoglu
Effects of Etomidate on Adrenal Suppression: A Review of Intubated Septic Patients
Melissa L. Thompson Bastin, Stephanie N. Baker, and Kyle A. Weant
Formulary Drug Reviews
Dolutegravir
Dennis J. Cada, Terri L. Levien, and Danial E. Baker
Continuing Education Case Study Quiz (0.15 CEU)
Current FDA-Related Drug Information
Approvals, Submission, and Important Labeling Changes for US Marketed Pharmaceuticals
Danial E. Baker
Pharmacy Automation and Technology
Take-Home HIT: The New Discharge Education?
Brent I. Fox and Bill G. Felkey
Academically-Structured Hospital Pharmacy Archive
(searchable full-text of current and back issue articles)
Hospital Pharmacy - Digital Edition Archives
Index to Advertisers
Amgen
Neulasta
Baxter
Corporate
Teva
Granix