Perceptions of Pharmacy Educators Regarding the NAPLEX Pass Rate Puzzle.

Objective: Identify perceptions from pharmacy faculty across the Academy concerning factors that may be influencing North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) first-time pass rates to highlight potential focused areas of further research based on common experiences.

Methods: An anonymous 43-item Qualtrics questionnaire was distributed to faculty members from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Questions were predominantly 5-point Likert scale items (5 = very large impact) and encompassed 6 domains: pharmacy school factors, COVID-19 educational modifications, testing factors, standardized testing, applicant preparedness, and student factors.

The North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) Pass Rate Conundrum.

As first-time pass rates on the North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) continue to decrease, pharmacy educators are left questioning the dynamics causing the decline and how to respond. Institutional and student factors both influence first-time NAPLEX pass rates. Pharmacy schools established before 2000, those housed within an academic medical center, and public rather than private schools have been associated with tendencies toward higher first-time NAPLEX pass rates.

Vancomycin AUC estimation using first-order pharmacokinetic methods in pediatric patients.

Introduction: The optimal dosing and monitoring of vancomycin in pediatrics is still unknown but has evolved to emphasize area under the curve over 24 h (AUC) over minimum concentration (C) monitoring. Real-world data supporting the feasibility of two-concentration kinetics with first-order equations for the estimation of vancomycin AUC in pediatric patients are lacking.

Objectives: To describe the interplay of vancomycin dose, AUC, and C using first-order equations within four pediatric age groups.

Perioperative Indications for Gabapentinoids in Pediatrics: A Narrative Review.

In recent years, there has been increased interest in using gabapentinoids (gabapentin and pregabalin) as part of multimodal medication plans or enhanced recovery after surgery protocols to mitigate several perioperative clinical challenges. Outcomes explored in the context of using gabapentinoids perioperatively in children are variable and include acute complications of pain, anxiety, nausea and vomiting, and emergence agitation, as well as the long-term postoperative outcome of chronic postsurgical pain. This narrative review describes the current literature regarding perioperative use of gabapentinoids in pediatric patients and aims to describe the role of gabapentinoids in the perioperative setting for each specific indication.

Critical literature review and pooled analysis of diagnostic accuracy of Ortho VITROS SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for diagnosing acute SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Background: The present study is aimed at reviewing and meta-analyzing the currently published data on the diagnostic accuracy of Ortho VITROS SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for diagnosing acute SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Methods: An electronic search was conducted in Scopus and Medline with the keywords "VITROS" AND "antigen" AND "COVID-19" OR "SARS-CoV-2" AND "immunoassay" within the search fields "TITLE" AND "ABSTRACT" AND "KEYWORDS", without no date (i.e.