Treatment of Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Ganciclovir Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Twin Preterm Infants.

Congenitally acquired cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most prevalent congenital infection worldwide and the most frequent cause of acquired sensorineural hearing loss. The burden of the disease is even more important in premature and very low birth weight infants. However, few data exist on the treatment with intravenous ganciclovir and oral valganciclovir in this vulnerable population.

PHIRST Trial - pharmacist consults: prioritization of HIV-patients with a referral screening tool.

The role of pharmacists in HIV outpatient clinics has greatly increased in the past decades. Given the limited resources of the health system, the prioritization of pharmacist consults is now a main concern. This study aimed to create a scoring system allowing for standardized prioritization of pharmacist consults for patients living with HIV.