Does the Duration of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Influence the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical-Site Infections in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction in Women with Breast Cancer? A Retrospective Study.

Background: Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is an established concept to reduce the risk of surgical-site infections; however, the optimal treatment duration in prosthetic breast reconstruction is still controversial. This study evaluated a potential association between the perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis duration (≤24 hours versus >24 hours) and incidence of postoperative surgical-site infections in immediate implant-based breast reconstruction in breast cancer patients.

Methods: A descriptive, retrospective analysis of surgical-site infections after immediate implant-based breast reconstruction in breast cancer patients between January of 2011 and December of 2018 was performed.

Clinical pharmacists' interventions across German hospitals: results from a repetitive cross-sectional study.

Background Pharmacists' interventions (PI) are suitable to improve medication safety and optimise patient outcome. However, in Germany, clinical pharmacy services are not yet available nationwide. Aim To gain prospective data on the extent and the composition of routine PI with special focus on intervention rates among German hospital pharmacists during two intervention weeks.

Prospective survey-based study on the categorization quality of hospital pharmacists' interventions using DokuPIK.

Background There is a growing need to categorize pharmacists' interventions (PIs) in Germany to document their impact on solving or avoiding drug-related problems. Objective To validate the categorization of drug-related problems-one aspect of the categorical internet database DokuPIK, designed for recording routinely PIs. To identify case-specific predictive values.

Nationwide evaluation of day-to-day clinical pharmacists' interventions in German hospitals.

Study Objective: To describe and evaluate the extent and diversity of nationwide data from clinical pharmacists' interventions (PIs) in German hospitals.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Data Source: The ADKA-DokuPIK German database, a national anonymous self-reported Internet-based documentation system for routine PIs as well as for medication errors reported by German hospital pharmacists.

The impact of chemotherapy-induced side effects on medical care usage and cost in German hospital care--an observational analysis on non-small-cell lung cancer patients.

Purpose: To evaluate frequency and severity of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and its economic consequences after standard dose (immuno-)chemotherapy (CT) of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Patients And Methods: Subanalysis of a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, observational cohort study; data were collected from patient interviews and pre-planned chart reviews. Costs were aggregated per CT line and presented from provider perspective.