[Translated article] Checklist for the pharmaceutical care of patients with interstitial lung disease (CheckEPID): A Delphi-based consensus.

Objective: To develop a checklist to facilitate pharmaceutical care for patients with interstitial lung disease who require or are undergoing treatment with antifibrotic drugs.

Method: Five hospital pharmacists developed an initial list of 37 items divided into 4 blocks: (1) First visit, which included general patient data and data from the first treatment; (2) follow-up visits, assessing aspects of the follow-up of the treatment with nintedanib or pirfenidone; (3) telepharmacy, consisting of the evaluation of the inclusion of patients in a program of this type, course of the disease, and identification of the contact with the pharmacy service; (4) non-pharmacological treatment and patient information. To decide its potential inclusion in the checklist, 2 rounds of the Delphi were carried out in which the panelists had to assess the degree of agreement of each proposed item according to its "utility", which was the determining criterion for its inclusion, and its "applicability".

Checklist for Pharmaceutical Care of the Patient with interstitial lung disease (CheckEPID): A Delphi-based consensus.

Objective: To develop a checklist to facilitate pharmaceutical care for patients with interstitial lung disease who require or are undergoing treatment with antifibrotic drugs.

Method: Five hospital pharmacists developed an initial list of 37 items divided into 4 blocks: 1) First visit, which included general patient data and data from the first treatment; 2) Follow-up visits, assessing aspects of the follow-up of the treatment with nintedanib or pirfenidone; 3) Telepharmacy, consisting of the evaluation of the inclusion of patients in a program of this type, course of the disease, and identification of the contact with the pharmacy service; 4) Non-pharmacological treatment and patient information. To decide its potential inclusion in the checklist, two rounds of the Delphi were carried out in which the panelists had to assess the degree of agreement of each proposed item according to its "utility", which was the determining criterion for its inclusion, and its "applicability".

Biologic treatments for psoriasis: the cost of alternative methods of dispensation of medication in Spain.

Objective: Hospital pharmacy services have adapted to the COVID‑19 pandemic. The aim of the study is to determine the economic  consequences of replacing hospital pharmacy dispensation with other  dispensing methods in the context of biological treatments for psoriasis in  Spain.

Method: Multiple dispensation scenarios were evaluated, combining different  dispensation frequencies and sites, and telepharmacy followup intervals.

Clinical and economic benefit of 32 years of antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV in Spain: Has it been an efficient intervention?

Introduction: Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS was introduced in 1987, improvement in disease progression and reduction in mortality at a population level was not observed until 1996, with the combination of three or more drugs. The objective was to estimate the clinical and economic benefit of ART in Spain in the 32-year period between 1987 and 2018.

Methods: A cost-benefit analysis was performed, using a second-order Monte Carlo simulation, from the societal (base case) and the National Health System (NHS) perspectives.

Clinical and economic benefit of 32 years of antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV in Spain: Has it been an efficient intervention?

Introduction: Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV / AIDS was introduced in 1987, improvement in disease progression and reduction in mortality at a population level was not observed until 1996, with the combination of three or more drugs. The objective was to estimate the clinical and economic benefit of ART in Spain in the 32-year period between 1987 and 2018.

Methods: A cost-benefit analysis was performed, using a second-order Monte Carlo simulation, from the societal (base case) and the National Health System (NHS) perspectives.

Thermolabile drug storage in an ambulatory setting.

More thermolabile drugs are becoming available, and in most cases, these medications are dispensed to ambulatory patients. However, there is no regulation once medications are dispensed to patients and little is known with regard to what happens during transport and home storage. Previous studies suggest that these drugs are improperly stored.

Drug dosage recommendations in patients with chronic liver disease.

Chronic liver diseases (CLD) alter the kinetics of drugs. Despite dosage adjustment is based on Child-Pugh scores, there are no available recommendations and/or algorithms of reference to facilitate dosage regimens. A literature review about dose adjustment of the drugs from the hospital guide -which are included in the list of the WHO recommended drugs to be avoided or used with caution in patients with liver disease- was carried out.