Asthma Review for Pharmacists Providing Asthma Education.

Asthma is the most common pediatric illness affecting more than 6 million children in the United States. Children with asthma have more frequent office visits and hospitalizations compared with adults. Despite advances in therapies, asthma still has a significant effect on the health care system.

Treatment Options and Considerations for Intestinal Helminthic Infections.

To review the literature regarding the epidemiology and treatment of intestinal helminthic infections. A literature search of MEDLINE (1946-January 2014), EMBASE (1980-January 2014), International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970-January 2014), and the Cochrane Library (1996-January 2014) was performed using the following terms: intestinal, helminthic, humans, United States, and individual drug names (albendazole, ivermectin, mebendazole, nitazoxanide, praziquantel, pyrantel pamoate). Secondary and tertiary references were obtained by reviewing related articles.

A comparison of heart rate changes associated with levalbuterol and racemic albuterol in pediatric cardiology patients.

Background: To our knowledge, no data exist regarding the effect of levalbuterol and racemic albuterol on heart rate in pediatric cardiology patients.

Objective: To compare heart rate change in pediatric cardiology patients receiving levalbuterol and/or racemic albuterol. The secondary objective was to identify characteristics associated with heart rate changes observed with these drugs.

Prescribing errors in a pediatric clinic.

Objective: This project was completed to determine the frequency and type of prescribing errors occurring in a pediatric clinic.

Study Design: Records for all patient encounters in the pediatric acute care clinic from February through April 2007 were reviewed. Prescriptions entered into the electronic medical records (EMR) were reviewed the day after they were written.