Horn Ed, Jacobi Judith
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (EH), Baltimore, MD, USA.
Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar;34(3 Suppl):S46-51. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000199990.68341.33.
To review the history, training requirements, contributions to patient care outcomes, and workforce issues of critical care pharmacists.
Literature obtained through Medline search with manual cross-referencing.
Original and selected review articles and guideline documents were reviewed for references to critical care pharmacists and their role on the multiprofessional critical care team.
Critical care pharmacists are recognized as essential members of the critical care team as a result of contributions to medication safety, improved patient outcomes, and reduced drug costs and as a source of drug information and provider of education. A growing number of pharmacists practice in critical care. Additional opportunities exist and can be met if an adequate supply of trained specialists can be developed.
回顾重症监护药师的历史、培训要求、对患者护理结果的贡献以及劳动力问题。
通过医学在线数据库（Medline）检索并人工交叉引用获取文献。
对原始及选定的综述文章和指南文件进行审查，以查找有关重症监护药师及其在多专业重症监护团队中作用的参考文献。
重症监护药师因其对用药安全、改善患者预后、降低药物成本的贡献以及作为药物信息来源和教育提供者，被视为重症监护团队的重要成员。越来越多的药师从事重症监护工作。如果能够培养出足够数量的训练有素的专科药师，还会有更多机会并能得到满足。
