Publications by authors named "Alyssa Lear"

The objective of this scoping review was to answer the question, "What has been published describing drug dosing in sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED)?" PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched on November 18, 2022. Methodology followed the Arksey and O'Malley framework for scoping reviews and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Two investigators independently screened abstracts and full-texts of citations identified related to drug dosing and SLED.

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Objective: Do pharmacy personnel- (ie, pharmacist or pharmacy technician) driven interventions at transitions of care into or out of the intensive care unit (ICU) improve medication safety measures compared to interventions made by other health-care team members or no intervention?

Data Sources: A literature search of MEDLINE and Embase limited to English language and humans was performed (from 1969 until January 2019). Bibliographies of included investigations were reviewed for additional citations.

Methods: Investigations were selected if they described a pharmacy-driven intervention at any point of transfer into or out of an ICU setting.

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