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Thanks to AJHP for allowing me to write about the deeply personal decision to leave full time clinical pharmacy & all of the complex emotions that come with it. academic.oup.com/ajhp/advance-a…

#SydneyPharmacySchool is seeking a Pharmacy Professional Practitioner based at Sydney Local Health District Sydney Health Do you have a passion for clinical teaching & shaping the future of pharmacy training? Work with Sid Patanwala & great RPAH pharmacy team Link: tinyurl.com/bdd3c79j

Surgical site infection rates after liver transplant were lowest in the world at #RPA Sydney Local Health District. An #SPS Sydney Health student project and interdisciplinary collaboration between #pharmacy #ID Tina Marinelli #hepatology #surgery improving patient outcomes. tinyurl.com/5paudnf2

SL buprenorphine was as effective as enteral oxycodone with regards to pain control/opioid consumption in this retrospective study in Critical Care Medicine. Check out this infographic from #SCCMJC to learn more! #PharmICU Nandini Patel loom.ly/2oYIqDE

Seeking members for the #SydneyPharmacySchool External Advisory Group University of Sydney We are seeking diverse members from all areas of practice, industry, organization & recent graduates More info - [email protected] Submit EoI by 5/6/2024 : t.ly/RCUdB

Is there a role for biomarkers (in addition to TDM) to dose antimicrobials? Some guidance in this review. mdpi.com/2792678 from Eman Wehbe drslstocker Christine Lu Dr Hannah Yejin Kim #JWA Sydney Health

How is postoperative pain after hip and knee replacement managed? Opioids (most commonly oxycodone) and paracetamol still the dominant analgesic strategy after THR/TKR. Other pain meds infrequently used despite evidence that they can be effective. …tivemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

📣 Out in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 today: #OpioidHALT pilot trial shows #pharmacist-partnered #opioid #tapering hip/knee arthroplasty is safe, effective & feasible. This is the first trial to test opioid tapering before elective surgery. doi.org/10.1111/anae.1… Jonathan Penm, PhD, FFIP FAdPha FPS FANZCAP FHEA Sid Patanwala

Innovative trial to improve patient's #Pain both before and after hip/knee #arthroplasty. Project led by Shania Liu past #Chair @the_shpa Pain Management Leadership Committee University of Sydney Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Sid Patanwala FIP FIP HPS Andrew McLachlan 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

A pre-operative opioid tapering intervention that is: • telehealth-based AND • pharmacist-partnered! It resulted in a reduction in baseline opioid use. Would this work in your region? Shania Liu @SidPatan Jennifer Stevens Jonathan Penm, PhD, FFIP FAdPha FPS FANZCAP FHEA 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

From the ADEPT study investigators in hospitals in AUS and NZ. Is there an opportunity to de-escalate antibiotics in the ICU?journals.sagepub.com/eprint/PFMGMIQ…

Fantastic opportunity for a 0.6FTE Pharmacist Practitioner (Lecturer) to join our team at Sydney Pharmacy School, to be based at Liverpool hospital, supported by a 0.4FTE clinical pharmacist role at Liverpool Hospital Sydney Health seek.com.au/job/78613107 iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/specialist…

Hot off the press! journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/abs… "In this large, diverse cohort of U.S. hospitalized adults with COVID-19, baricitinib was associated with significantly lower 28-day mortality..." What do observe being used more often for hospitalized patients with COVID-19?

A national retrospective cohort study comparing of cefepime versus piperacillin-tazobactam on the development of severe acute kidney injury in patients with septic shock ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/49tlQV7

Join us for the 'Reducing medication-related harms' seminar on Wednesday the 19th of February! You'll hear from Dr Georgia Richards, Prof Danijela Gnjidic, Prof Nick Buckley and Dr Hugh Dillon. Register today: eventbrite.com.au/e/topic-reduci…

Based on these results in ~10K patients, I would avoid hyperoncotic albumin in septic shock Alexander Flannery Hemal Mehta CHEST Sydney Local Health District Sydney Health . authors.elsevier.com/a/1kb1F2p-lDB6b

Does the early use of #albumin mitigate the need for #renal replacement therapy or in-hospital mortality in patients with #SepticShock and kidney impairment on hospital admission? Read the full research in the April issue: hubs.la/Q03gt_5p0 #MedEd #MedTwitter #Sepsis #ICU

Congrats Gustavo Machado and Sid Patanwala! I'm very excited to work with both of you on these important trials to improve acute pain management and optimise opioid use.

In this national cohort study in patients with septic shock (n = 8427), stage 3 AKI occurred in 9.9% receiving cefepime and 9.8% receiving piperacillin-tazobactam (odds ratio, 0.98 [95% confidence interval, .84–1.15]; P = .82). Sydney Health Sydney Local Health District academic.oup.com/cid/article/80…

Scoping review of antibiotic consumption metrics in hospitals. There is a good table in here to quantify them with examples. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bc…