Key Articles and Guidelines for the Emergency Medicine Pharmacist

Compilations of articles important to the pharmacist practicing in the emergency department have not been published. Consistent with other specialty areas of practice, a collection of important literature is valuable for both the new and experienced clinician. A diverse breadth of medical problems are represented that were felt to be the most pertinent issues facing the emergency medicine pharmacist; however, it is not intended to be a complete representation of available literature.

[1]  M. Montello,et al.  Pharmacist readiness roles for emergency preparedness. , 2011, American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

[2]  J. Szaflarski,et al.  Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded Comparative Trial of Intravenous Levetiracetam Versus Phenytoin for Seizure Prophylaxis , 2010, Neurocritical Care.

[3]  David W Bates,et al.  Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists. , 2009, Annals of emergency medicine.

[4]  N. Kman,et al.  Infectious agents of bioterrorism: a review for emergency physicians. , 2008, Emergency medicine clinics of North America.

[5]  Odette A. Harris,et al.  Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. XIII. Antiseizure prophylaxis. , 2007, Journal of neurotrauma.

[6]  G. Delgado,et al.  Documentation of pharmacists' interventions in an emergency department and associated cost avoidance. , 2007, American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

[7]  R. Wears,et al.  Clinical policy: evidence-based approach to pharmacologic agents used in pediatric sedation and analgesia in the emergency department. , 2004, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[8]  N R Temkin,et al.  A randomized, double-blind study of phenytoin for the prevention of post-traumatic seizures. , 1990, The New England journal of medicine.