Publications by authors named "Teresa J Lubowski"
Background: Statewide tracking and reporting is an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship tool that may be useful for many stakeholders. However, to date, these evaluations have been limited. This study aimed to track and report outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Medicare Part B enrollees diagnosed with cystitis in the outpatient setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate a pharmacy student service focused on patient coronary heart disease (CHD) risk assessment.
Design: Fourth-year pharmacy students offered a CHD risk assessment service at 5 physicians' offices as part of ambulatory care advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Patient acceptance of the service was assessed using a satisfaction survey instrument.
Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a medication reconciliation program conducted by doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students during an advanced pharmacy practice experience.
Methods: Patients admitted to medicine or surgery units at 3 hospitals were included. Students were instructed to interview each patient to obtain a medication history, reconcile this list with the medical chart, and identify and solve drug-related problems.
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on how different body mass index (BMI) categories affect cardiovascular risk factors like blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
- Conducted across 18 states, the research involved 12,573 participants who were categorized based on WHO guidelines for BMI; the findings show that higher BMI leads to increased systolic blood pressure and lower HDL cholesterol.
- The results highlight a significant correlation between higher BMI categories and worse cardiovascular health, emphasizing the need for weight management to improve heart health.
Study Objectives: Using data from a published clinical trial, our objectives were to compare the cost advantage of voriconazole over amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmBd) for primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis and to determine the financial impact the findings would have in a real-world clinical setting.
Design: Pharmacoeconomic analysis.
Setting: University hospital.
Background: Tight blood glucose control has been correlated with a reduction in diabetes complications. Adherence to antidiabetic medications is crucial to achieving blood glucose control.
Objective: To assess the relationship between good glucose control [glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels] and adherence to prescribed treatment in patients on a stable medication regimen for type 2 diabetes.
We retrospectively examined the relationship between fluoroquinolone use and the susceptibilities of 11 bacterial pathogens to fluoroquinolones in 10 US teaching hospitals from 1991 through 2000. Statistical significance was determined by 2-way analysis of variance, with the number of isolates tested each year as a weighting factor. The analysis of baseline-to-end point change in the percentage of susceptibility and the slope of the regression line (trend line) for logit percentage of susceptibility showed that the overall percentage of susceptibility to fluoroquinolones decreased significantly during the study period (P<.
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